Wellbeing | HR staff feel unsupported amid rising workloads

More than half of all HR practitioners believe that they are not being adequately supported, with over 95% stating that their workload has increased steeply over the last 18 months.

The news comes as part of a study conducted by Breathe, which uncovered that, whilst wellbeing has been high on the agenda of all companies over the course of the pandemic, the majority of HR practitioners feel that they are unsupported.

The study polled 82 HR professionals to ascertain how the role has changed in this time, and what effect the revised workload has had on their own personal wellbeing.

Over a third of respondents noted that they are now working up to two hours extra per week, and that 92% believe that their core policies needed completely revising – adding to an already burgeoning workload.