RESEARCH REVEALS | HR issues now dominate CEO agenda

A plethora of HR issues including demotivated employees, poor mental health and diluted company culture have been cited as top concerns for company leaders when it comes to the concept of working from home in the long run, new research has found.

Prior to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiling new COVID-19 restrictions, new research from LinkedIn found that CEOs were prioritising reopening offices over fears that being out of the office environment was having a negative impact on the workforce.

Growing concerns about the impact on company culture (39%), fears about employee mental health while working from home (37%) and concerns that remote staff may become bored and demotivated at home (35%) were cited as the main concerns among leaders.

With the UK Government’s new measures in place – which are sought to contain the spread of COVID-19 – the research highlighted that executives are concerned that the longer staff work from home, the harder it will be to return them to the workplace when they re-open.