Over half of Irish employers are experiencing some resistance to getting employees to work from the office, according to a new survey.
With almost all companies (97 per cent) having adopted a hybrid workplace, over 50 per cent of HR and employment professionals say they are experiencing small pockets of resistance in getting their employees to work from their offices. That’s according to a recent HR and Employment survey from Eversheds Sutherland.
HR and employment professionals surveyed say the biggest challenges facing their organisations are retention (28 per cent), higher salary requests (28 per cent), and recruitment difficulties (25 per cent). Somewhat reassuringly, 41 per cent said they do not think their organisation may be forced to implement redundancies in the next 12 months but 27 per cent said they may be.
Also, the areas of day-to-day employment law causing the most concerns for HR and employment executives are poor performance reviews (61 per cent), illness absences (47 per cent), and grievances (44 per cent).
The survey findings were revealed at the law firm’s annual employment law evening one Wednesday, with over 50 attendees, which included a review of all the HR developments in 2022, a look at the year ahead, and an introduction to the Metaverse with Marie McGinley, partner and international head of technology at Eversheds Sutherland.
The other key findings are:
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