Workload | HR set to work more than 20 overtime days this year

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, employers and employees have turned to the people function for help and support – whether this is to do with employee engagement, wellbeing or legal advice.

As a result, many people teams have noticed corporate workloads creep up.

In fact, new research from Randstad Risesmart UK has revealed that HR professionals are set for 22 days’ worth of overtime in the second half of 2020 as redundancy figures increase and workloads skyrocket amid the coronavirus crisis.

In September, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that almost 700,000 workers had fallen from company payrolls between March and August this year – which was largely due to the financial impact that the pandemic had had on businesses.