The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that with the economy weakening and jobs becoming harder to get, employers now have the upper hand in their efforts to bring workers back to the office, says the head of Avison Young. The Globe's Rachelle Younglai writes that while office occupancy levels are still below where they were before the pandemic, employers are becoming more forceful about requiring staff to work in person, said Mark Rose, chief executive officer of Avison Young, which brokers leases, values commercial real estate and provides research. "It's more of an employer's market," Mr. Rose told The Globe. Large employers such as Amazon and the federal government have increased the number of days workers must be in the office. Amazon is requiring its office workers in Canada to show up in person five days a week starting in January. Ottawa mandated civil servants be back in the office a minimum of three days a week starting in September. Canada Life increased the number of required in-person days to three from two in the fall, while Telus has told its call-centre staff that they have to work in person three days a week. Mr. Rose believes workers need to be visible in the office to advance their careers.