BC Ferries is being criticized for giving employees up to $900,000 worth of perks.
The company has decided to give unionized workers the equivalent of $300 each, either in gift certificates or in credits at fitness centres.
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The gesture is intended to be a thank you for maintaining safety standards over the past year.
It comes just months after passenger fares were raised more than four percent.
BC Ferries says keeping employees’ healthy pays off in the long run.
Consumer watchdogs say it’s an outrageous waste of money.
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