Employers and experts say the COVID-19 pandemic has made companies focus on the challenges this shifting landscape poses for them and what they need to do to retain staff. Examples of this trend include employers offering workers extra time off or providing advisory seminars on health and well-being, Knox said. Partway through the pandemic, employees at the mobile-game developer were given every other Monday off from work — a perk that has since been made permanent. "What we're finding is that the one thing that people seem to be able to control during this pandemic is where they work," Mizuno said. More generally, Western University's Woodley says he wonders whether employers could face consequences from their employees if perks made available during the pandemic are later discontinued.

Source: CBC News December 21, 2021 14:15 UTC