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The world is going through one of the most challenging phases in its modern history in the shape of Covid-19 pandemic. With changing regulations and work lifestyles, it has led to the booming of work from home culture. But along with itself, it has brought a lot of practical issues at work including the problems faced by human resource (HR) professionals. It has become difficult to calculate the working hours, fringe benefits and related compensation concerns apart from making new recruitments or downsizings. This research paper is intended to gauge the trepidations of HR professionals and tries to offer some solutions for the same. The methodology adopted in this paper is twofold. Firstly, an extensive literature review of concurrent problems faced by HR professionals was done to identify research gaps. Secondly, a digital questionnaire survey was designed and distributed among various HR professionals in the industry and academic experts on the subject matter. A total of 220 responses were received that were complete in all respects. The data generated from these responses was analysed and is presented in this paper. Some recommendations towards the rectification of the concerns have been offered. It is intended to develop a document which may serve as a reference tool for HR professions to aid them in overcoming their problems in these troubled times.

compensation; Covid-19; human resources; questionnaire survey; work from home; working hours