I’m pro working from home, but the shift to WFH becoming the norm is increasing the divide between white and blue collar work

Just like the title says, I’m pro working from home. I think if your job allows for it you should absolutely have the option to do so, and any company that doesn’t offer this is shooting themselves in the foot long term.With that out of the way, I’m really frustrated as a blue collar worker. People with jobs that allow them to work from home save money on gas, insurance, and maintenance for their vehicles. They get more free time by eliminating their commute. They get to wake up later. They have a better work life balance. All while blue collar workers are seeing their costs, that WFH has eliminated for some people, go up drastically.This is going to sound whiny, but it honestly isn’t fair. I feel like something needs to be done about this. I don’t want to take the benefits that people working from home have received away, far from it as the labour laws in Ontario are horrible and any worker victory however small should be championed. What I want is for the playing field to be a bit more level here. Maybe if your job requires you to be on site then those jobs should have to pay for time spent commuting, within reason. Maybe they should all have to pay for the gas spent on commuting. Maybe a mix of both. Or what if we mandate a pay increase for those whose jobs don’t allow them to work from home?I don’t know what the solution is, but I feel like we should be doing something here. The trades are suffering from a worker shortage as it is, and this is only going to make it worse over time if we do nothing. via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/W1mQuqN