Impact on Human Resource Practices during Covid 19: A Review

Because of COVID-19, every business has got affected; Human resource management is a core part of the corporate world. Proper functioning of Human resources is very crucial for optimum yield in any organization, especially during pandemics. Organizations have to adopt new practices after COVID distress about which many of them were not aware of. Therefore HRM practices of all sectors need to be modified and upgraded to meet the need of the hour. HR departments must be ready and conscious about what they are going to imply to cope up with new circumstances. The objective of the study is to gain theoretical possibilities and required changes in HRM practices i.e. in selection, training, promotion, and performance appraisal. After a review of various literature, it is found that HRM practices dropped down drastically during the ongoing pandemic. Training programs that were planned earlier to make employees skillful are revoked to safeguard employees. Because of the unavailability of optimum resources in many organizations, digital training could not take place effectively in many organizations. During this global crisis, all the human resource departments should adopt e-HRM practices access and perform all HRM practices unbiased.