An ongoing shiftSteve Knox, a Toronto-based executive at human resources firm Ceridian, says that when it comes to perks, employers are moving in a different direction than they were in the recent past. Examples of this trend include employers offering workers extra time off or providing advisory seminars on health and well-being, Knox said. Making adjustmentsLike all businesses, the mobile-game developer Square Enix Montréal has had to adjust to the circumstances of the pandemic. 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. 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 19:04 UTC