Nearly half of enterprises (44%) are collecting data on employees’ home working hours, with an additional 33% planning to do so in future, claims Kinly, a provider of audio-visual integration and collaboration services.
Its Trusted Connections 2024 study, based on a survey of 425 enterprise AV professionals in the UK, Germany, Nordics and Netherlands, suggests that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
For example, 65% of enterprises are encouraging staff to install Internet of Things (IoT) devices that can be used to monitor their home working environment: 28% say they are already collecting environmental data from people’s homes, with a further 36% planning to do so in the future.
In addition, 33% are investing in analytics platforms to monitor remote workers.
Respondents pointed out that at-home tracking systems are not just about making sure staff are working, but also about helping businesses meet their obligations to protect employee wellbeing. One third (32%) of those surveyed say their organisations are
now collecting wellbeing data such as ‘tiredness indicators’ from remote staff, with a further 37% planning to track this sort of data in future.
More than a quarter (28%) say their organisations are collecting environmental data from people’s homes, such as lighting and air quality, while 36% have plans to collect this data in the future.
Tom Martin, CEO of Kinly said: “With so many employees working from home, businesses can no longer guarantee a high-quality work environment. The result is people working longer hours, in conditions that wouldn’t have been acceptable at the office. IoT technology is becoming an increasingly popular way to address this, using at-home AV equipment to monitor everything from air quality to working hours and screen time. Of course, adopting this tech means being transparent with employees. It cannot be used without their express consent.”
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