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The promising picture of a progressive world economy that was visible in the recent years was ruthlessly shattered by the Covid-19 Pandemic that hit the world in the 2019-20 and continued to spread its deadly variants and infection waves across the world. Even today, almost a year and half after it was first discovered to be spread from Wuhan, China; the virus continues to torment us. The rapid spread of corona compelled the national governments of the world to enforce strict restrictions on common public as well as businesses to contain the spread of the deadly virus. These included social distancing norms, shutting down of malls, recreational activities, cinema halls, departmental stores as well as travelling restrictions; both nationally as well as internationally. With everyone and everything under lockdown, the businesses across the world were bound to be severely affected. Lockdown situation combined with a fall in demand for products and services as well as diminishing sales and profits meant that companies had to cut costs, reduce production, thereby resorting to cutting down the number of staff members or reduction in remuneration of the existing employees. Also, health care of employees had to be looked upon with a renewed outlook by the human resource department of all organizations. This research paper studies the level of impact of covid-19 pandemic on various human resource functions carried out by the HR departments in organizations worldwide.