Should in-office workers be paid more? Moreover, creating new compensation tiers for remote and in-office workers could actually exacerbate pay gaps for women and minorities, creating new equity problems over the coming months. Fully-remote workers may see their pay frozen, while “folks that come back to the office are going to get a 5% to 10% pay increase, which isn’t …
ERNAKULAM: On Onam, Kerala’s major festival, consulting firm EY let employees upload recorded songs and photos in an internal forum to virtually celebrate the occasion. These are vignettes from a new trend of remote perks emerging as companies are heading into their seventh month of lockdown due to the pandemic, with no clear plan for reopening offices. “Companies that used …