Hourly workers want expanded benefits post-pandemic — or they’ll walk

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The pandemic has forced hourly workers all over the globe to reconsider not only what they want from employers post-pandemic, but what they deserve.

A third of hourly employees said they would switch jobs in order to receive more comprehensive benefits, according to data by financial services company Netspend. Fifty-eight percent of hospitality workers — an employee demographic with a high percentage of hourly workers — say that they are planning to quit their jobs before the end of 2021, according to Joblist’s most recent quarterly U.S. Job Market Report.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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