Summer is around the corner, but many professionals in Canada plan to keep their nose to the grindstone, new research from global staffing firm Robert Half shows. According to a survey of more than 500 office workers:

• Thirty per cent anticipate taking fewer days off in the summer months compared to last year, because of COVID-19; eight per cent are taking more time off.
• Twenty-seven per cent will save their vacation time for later in the year, hopefully to travel.
• Ten per cent won’t be logging off because they have too much work to do.
• Twenty-nine per cent will take days off for self-care and mental health.
• Twenty per cent would like to take a vacation but are tightening their belts due to the pandemic.

While more than one-quarter of workers (28 per cent) reported their employer or manager has encouraged them to take time off since the pandemic began, 67 per cent said there has been no communication about using vacation days. Further, five per cent revealed they’ve been discouraged from taking time off from work