Halloween | How HR can avoid these common office horrors

Halloween is a time to indulge in the macabre. But the macabre isn’t limited to scary films, carved pumpkins and inventive costumes.

The modern office can be its own ‘little shop of horrors’. HR is the backbone – the skeleton, if you will – of the workplace. From contracts to payroll, onboarding to dress codes, it oversees the functioning of whole companies big and small. But there are skeletons in every closet. The necessity of HR means that when it goes wrong, it goes very wrong.

Rita Trehan is the founder of DARE, a global transformation consultancy delivering game-changing corporate capacity building and HR change. DARE's diagnostic tools are helping companies build more inclusive cultures to meet the diverse needs of employees from all backgrounds in light of the Great Resignation.

Below, Rita shares some of the biggest issues sure to cause a fright for many an HR leader, and how to avoid these situations in your own workplace: