WFH | Study warns that remote working could result in more prejudice

The coronavirus pandemic has largely served to increase the visibility of the HR agenda within the workforce, as worker wellbeing, internal communication and alterations to the working habits of many professionals take centre stage within the strategies of many businesses.

However, one key development since the start of the pandemic in the UK, remote working, could well lead to an increase in racism and prejudice, according to recent research by the Woolf Institute.

The study, which was conducted by polling firm Survation, researching interfaith relations and polled over 11,700 workers within the UK, noted that workplace friendships are the key to breaking down ‘misconceptions’ within the workplace.

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Yet currently the workforce is at risk of going “back into isolated silos,” due to widespread remote working, Woolf Institute's Founder Ed Kessler told the BBC.