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In many hybrid workplaces, employees' efforts to demonstrate progress and presenteeism end up thwarting both, an HR leader says.

When remote employees feel obliged to continuously demonstrate productivity, they can end up signalling progress at the expense of making it, says Monday.com senior people business partner Bridie Rees.

Employers have a duty of care to ensure hybrid workers aren't penalised when they work flexibly, but many have developed "proof of work" cultures that do this unintentionally, Rees tells HR Daily.

The ability to see who's working on what, and where they're up to, is vital to ensure effective collaboration in hybrid environments, but it needn't place the onus on workers to fill out status reports, attend extra meetings, and update dashboards, Rees says...