New challenges | HR workloads could rocket as homeworking increases

As many as 88% of employers expect to facilitate home-working in their post-pandemic plans, according to the latest data from Howden.

Yet, along with the shift towards a largely hybrid model, almost two-thirds (64%) of HR specialists believe the change will result in higher workloads for the function.

This is according to new research from the employee benefits company Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing.

The firm polled more than 200 senior HR professionals from a range of public, private, and third sector companies, and found that almost nine in every ten organisations are now set to introduce home-working in some form – whether that be full-time, or in a hybrid model.