--- title: Your employees have stepped up to hybrid working. Have you? description: Your employees have stepped up to hybrid working. Find out how as an employer, you can step up to the plate to support them and make hybrid working models work. image: https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/HYBRID%20WORKING%20BLOG.jpg --- Find out how much you can save with Tiviti - click here to [request a full quote.](https://www.tiviti.io/contact-us) Watch our latest webinar on ['unlocking social housing IT resource to focus on tenant value!'](https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Webinars/Social%20Housing%20Webinar.mp4) [![Tiviti-logo-full-colour-inverted](https://www.tiviti.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Tiviti-logo-full-colour-inverted.png?width=150&height=39&name=Tiviti-logo-full-colour-inverted.png)](https://www.tiviti.io/) [![tiviti-logo-full-colour](https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Assets%20Tiviti%20Theme%20-%202022/Images/tiviti-logo-full-colour.svg)](https://www.tiviti.io/) - [How it works](https://www.tiviti.io/how-it-works) - [Customer Stories](https://www.tiviti.io/customer-stories) - [Tiviti](https://www.tiviti.io/tiviti) - Resources - [Resource library All of our latest guides, and our on-demand and upcoming webinars](https://www.tiviti.io/resource-library) - [Blogs The latest insights and advice from our expert team](https://www.tiviti.io/blog) - [Onboarding](https://www.tiviti.io/onboarding) - About - [About Tiviti](https://www.tiviti.io/about-us) - [The Tiviti Academy](https://www.tiviti.io/academy) [![hans-shake](https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Assets%20Tiviti%20Theme%20-%202022/SVG%20Icons/hans-shake.svg) JOIN OUR TEAM](https://www.tiviti.io/academy) [![mpointer-white](https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Assets%20Tiviti%20Theme%20-%202022/SVG%20Icons/mpointer-white.svg) Book a demo](https://www.tiviti.io/get-a-demo) ###### Latest Posts [Your employees have stepped up to hybrid working. Have you?](https://www.tiviti.io/blog/employees-step-up-to-hybrid-working) [Paying the bills: why B2B telecoms billing is changing](https://www.tiviti.io/blog/b2b-telecomms-billing) [More insights](https://www.tiviti.io/blog) May 14, 2021 BLOG 2 MINUTES # Your employees have stepped up to hybrid working. Have you? [by Alex Lees](https://www.tiviti.io/blog/author/alex-lees) - - - The pandemic forced everyone to send workforces home to work remotely. A year or so down the line, many organisations are enabling their workforces to make the transition back to the office. However, many employees have found they like working from home at least some of the time and want to keep it that way. This ‘hybrid working’ model is both a practical and permanent reality - but it needs a practical, permanent approach to go with it. It’s something that we discussed at length in our recent [webinar](https://comms.convergencegroup.co.uk/on-demand-managing-the-risks-of-hybrid-working), and the views of Mark Walton, CEO of Sensée, and Sarah Janes, Managing Director of Layer 8 Ltd, were a real eye-opener. What’s clear is that employees are putting in the effort to make hybrid working models work, but their employers aren’t yet stepping up to the plate to support them enough. This is despite the fact that, even to the most resistant of employers, it’s now abundantly clear that workers can be trusted to get their jobs done just as effectively at home as in the office. According to [research conducted last summer](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/27/success/work-from-home-employer-plans-for-more-flexible-policies/index.html) by HR consultants Mercer, 94% of employers found that productivity levels among remote workers were maintained or even improved during the early part of the pandemic. But whether through a lack of trust in their employees to work independently, or a fear of expensive office space being rendered redundant, a lot of employers are doing enough to consider the full implications of supporting remote working. #### Hybrid working: developing a policy that works How can employers provide clear guidelines and structures for effective hybrid working policies? Our guide explores what you can to do ensure hybrid working can operate effectively. [![Get The Guide](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/9184078/3cf184da-6447-425b-83c1-68b06753eef0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/9184078/3cf184da-6447-425b-83c1-68b06753eef0) ![Hybrid Working Guide](https://www.tiviti.io/hubfs/Hybrid%20Working%20Guide.png) ### *Doing your duty* Every employer has a duty of care to their employees to ensure that they have all the tools they need to do their job safely, productively and in a way that supports their physical and mental wellbeing. This duty of care applies wherever and whenever an employee is working, and a worrying number of businesses have yet to grasp this basic premise. You wouldn’t run an office that had no heating, had exposed wiring, or that didn’t have any fire exits. So why would you leave remote workers to effectively fend for themselves? A prime example of where employers are letting their remote workers down is in security: the strong, robust cyber-security measures that protect IT equipment in the office aren’t being replicated for those working at home. Cyber security is an increasingly important issue for businesses, one that has been amplified by COVID-19 - with [40% of IT leaders](https://www.harveynash.com/latest-news/covid-19-forces-one-of-the-biggest-surges-in-technology-investment-in-history-finds-worlds-largest-technology-leadership-survey) say they have experienced more attacks over the course of the pandemic.  Businesses have rightly recognised the priority of cyber-security in the post-pandemic world - [Cisco research](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/future-secure-remote-work-report.html#download_report) has found 85% of businesses cite security as extremely important or more important than it was before. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean they are covering all bases with remote workers: a [Tessian report](https://thefintechtimes.com/global-report-finds-80-of-it-leaders-believe-theres-a-greater-risk-of-cyber-attacks-when-working-from-home/) from late 2020 found that more than a third of businesses didn’t offer any training on remote working risks when the first lockdown was put in place. It is absolutely essential that every employer implementing a long-term hybrid working model addresses all the key issues their remote workers might face. Is the furniture in their home office comfortable and not likely to cause injury? Is all their computer equipment fit for purpose and set up correctly? Are the right measures in place to ensure employees take proper breaks when working from home? Can they easily connect to co-workers, either digitally or by phone? These are just some of the questions that must be answered. ### *A mountain to climb?* Making sure home working is effective, practical and safe is not a small undertaking, and it’s certainly far more complex than it seemed at the outset. As Sarah Janes explained in the webinar: *“Initially we were all forced into remote working, and a lot of organisations were fooled into thinking ‘I can just pick up my laptop, all my stuff is in the cloud, I can do this’, but as time has gone on we have established it’s not as easy as that.”.* Ultimately, employees expect - and have the right to expect - to be just as enabled, empowered and supported when working at home as they are in the office. Because of this, employers must not underestimate the responsibility on them to meet this expectation. Those employees that feel like they’re treated as second-class citizens compared to office-based workers, or aren’t given all the support and equipment they need, will feel negative, unproductive and less engaged with their work. And if those bad feelings go on too long, and their employer still won’t adequately support their hybrid working, then don’t be surprised when they go and find another employer that will. ### *Shape long-term strategies* **To help businesses like yours cover every base of hybrid working, we’ve created a [Hybrid Policy Guide](https://comms.convergencegroup.co.uk/download-hybrid-working-policy-guide) that addresses all the key points. In the guide, you can learn how best to set out effective long-term strategies, and how to do more than just ‘get by’ so that a hybrid working model can be a force for good within your organisation. ** ### Become an expert Subscribe to our newsletter ## Related Stories [Hybrid Working](https://www.tiviti.io/blog/tag/hybrid-working) ### [Happy workers: why digital employee experiences are important](https://www.tiviti.io/blog/importance-of-digital-employee-experiences) The world of work is rapidly moving towards a long-term future where ‘hybrid working’ is the norm. [According to the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)](https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/flexible-working/planning-hybrid-working), 40% of employers expect the majority of their workforce to work regularly from home post-pandemic. Prior to the onset of COVID-19, almost two-thirds of employers offered home working to less than 10% of their workforce, or didn’t offer it at all. 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