The COVID pandemic which resulted in lockdown restrictions across the world, accelerated work from home as it quickly shifted from being a trend to a necessity, for businesses to survive.  Work from home became the new way for corporations and businesses to stay afloat, for employees to continue earning a living and for people to continue enjoying their services.

What is the situation one year on?

While some companies are opening and creating social distancing work environments and rosters, especially those which depend on employee physical presence for work to run smoothly. However, a majority are continuing with the work from home environment, accepting its convenience and necessity for the current global situation. Many employers have understood the benefits of remote working as it saves money by removing the need for costly office spaces. 

Nearly everyone has invested in top connectivity and companies have upped their HR management to include the new remote work system, allowing people to do their jobs effectively, no matter where they are based.

How does a HR management system help?

Unlike when employees came into office, remote working did make HR management slightly difficult, initially. However, as with everything this too evolved and continues to do so encompassing the ever evolving needs of HR when dealing with remote working employees. The included features allow for everyone to be connected through the system so that work hours, rosters, leave and attendance and other HR requests can all be handled conveniently and efficiently, on a central online platform.

Some of the areas covered include:

Login daily attendance times

Add work types

Apply leave and check leave balances

Check HR notices/news

Schedules and rosters

Management can keep track of employee activity

For now, work from home or remote work is here to stay and is evolving almost daily to make it even smoother for all parties concerned and as such investing in professional HR systems to manage essential details is a smart move for any company or business, to keep moving forward.