Impact of Covid-19 on HR Practices at Luton Town Residences

CASE STUDY LTR

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Impact of Covid-19 on HR practices...........................................................................................1
Issues face by LTR regarding remote working............................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This report deals with the case study of Luton town residences. It is a housing association
which is operating in the Luton town. They work with a mission for providing suitable housing
conditions for the people from local community. The company handles its operations from their
central office located in the Luton town centre (Kaushik, and Guleria, 2020). The main purpose
of the company is to provide housing and support the housing conditions for hostel or
transitional flat people. This report forms a consultancy on the pandemic effects on the HR
practices of the LTR. It also portrays the major issues faced by the company because of remote
working. There are some recommendations provided at the end of the report which helps in
improving the new style of working conditions.
Impact of Covid-19 on HR practices
This pandemic has caused many problems in the operating procedure of Luton town
residences. The imposing of nationwide lockdowns and the threat of the safety of the employee
was increasing. Large population of the workers from around the globe were unable to commute
with their work. Employee looked for some alternate ways of working arrangements. The direct
of Luton town residences ordered the employee working in the organisation to work from home.
And the workers who were working on site were supposed to follow all the safety precautions
allow them to work from the site (Wang, and et.al., 2021). The departments which handle the
finances of the company, which deals with customers and provides those services along with the
administration and management departments, were all asked to work remotely. Maintenance and
the support teams on the other hand were required to work o site as much as it was possible.
The mandatory work from home conditions to avoid the Covid-19 has become a new
normal. The HR practices by the company are affected majorly by Covid-19 pandemic. The
challenges coming up pandemic has dawned on the HR professionals. The sudden adaptation of
new working culture is not easy. Pandemic has taken a toll over the employee’s health and
mental wellbeing. Stress and anxiety have always been part of the worker’s mental state. The
company has always supported its employees by giving them security and many other health
benefits to overcome their issues. But this pandemic outbreak has increased the metal problems
of the employees. When people are working in a positive work space, management can
understand the sensitivity of the problem and help in solving the raised concern. But when the
employees are working from remote areas then they being compromised which makes the
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