COVID-19 caused much of the labor force to suddenly switch to remote work, transforming the traditional workplace as we know it. One study found that only 15% of those employed pre-COVID-19 worked from home; the number of these workers ballooned after the pandemic by an additional 35%, indicating that fully half of the employed labor force was working from home.
This type of unexpected pivot put immense pressure on HR departments to continue to operate under “normal” business operations—at least as much as possible.
Our “new world of work” now requires company HR information to be as mobile as its workforce.
