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From the business side, flexible employee schedules mean global customers can be better served across time zones; bad weather doesn’t close down the whole operation; and real estate, technology, healthcare, and environmental costs can be reduced.

In the U.S., the most valued benefits are still focused around health care and retirement, he said, but employers also should think of other ways to make jobs more attractive, especially for younger workers who might have different preferences. They tend to favor things like flexible schedules more than their older colleagues. "Maybe it means Ping-Pong tables in the breakroom or more attractive workplaces," Foley said. "But it also could mean doing a better job communicating the value of more traditional benefits to them."