You want employees together again. Some don’t want to come back to the office. How can you meet in the middle? HR can make coming back to the office worth it for employees, but it might not be easy. And here’s why: About 60% of employees want to work remotely all the time. About 35% […]
It may have been a saving grace in the face of a pandemic, but there are problems with remote work. Now that employees continue to work from home for more than a year, researchers and workplace experts say there are issues. And it hasn’t likely gone unnoticed by HR pros like you. “The landscape of […]
As many offices begin to reopen, health and safety is going to be top of mind for both employers and employees. Some workers may be anxious about sitting near their colleagues again after a year at home, and business leaders are doing everything they can to make workers feel more comfortable. But according to scientists, […]
Employees have gotten used to working from home for the past year, but now that the pandemic is rounding the corner, many employers are eager to get their workforce back into the office. The problem: Your employees don’t want to come back. 81% want to stay home Harvard Business School Online conducted a recent study […]
More than half the people who work from home now want to keep it that way. But really – can we work from home forever? Despite employees’ desire to stay put some or all of the time, the hard truth is it can’t be the reality forever. HR professionals will need to continue to navigate […]
employer found a way to get back to socializing
Nine months in – and we still need better ways to work from home. Most companies and HR leaders thought working from home would be temporary – a few weeks, a month or two. Now we’re closing in on a year and many people accept that work from home (WFH) as the new normal. Leaders […]
Coronavirus compliance: 4 areas employers need to check ASAP
As if dealing with a global pandemic and a remote workforce isn’t challenging enough, employers will be facing another roadblock this fall when school is back in session. Back-to-school season will be anything but normal, and most schools have opted for at least partial remote learning. This means that many parents are going to have […]
