On 3 October 2023, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published new guidance on workplace monitoring. The previous guidance was issued in 2011, as part of the ICO’s Employment Practices ...

Employers need a clear picture of their team’s tasks, activities and progress, but tracking productivity can be a challenge. Some businesses use employee monitoring software to better understand ...

Attorneys at Reed Smith LLP examine developments in employment law reflecting the unprecedented pace of change in the ...

Most remote workers may not have as much privacy as they might think while doing their jobs from home. At the start of the pandemic, when virtually all white-collar professionals were sent home from ...

Scan the online brochures of companies who sell workplace monitoring tech and you’d think the average American worker was a renegade poised to take their employer down at the next opportunity. “Nearly ...

The monitoring of employee bathroom breaks, once considered beyond the scope of workplace oversight, has emerged as a contentious practice in modern business operations. This shift reflects broader ...

Attorneys at Berger Kahn discuss the use of electronic employee monitoring and considerations regarding liability issues, such as the nature of the employment, the state where the employee works, and ...

Over the past few years there has been significant growth in the use of technology for monitoring workers, especially following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global demand (based on the number ...

While Big Brother is now a 75-year-old term thanks to George Orwell and his classic novel “1984,” some would say the concept is growing as more companies implement some form of employee monitoring.

Enterprises should only be able to digitally monitor and surveil employees with their explicit consent, according to a select committee report on the impacts of connected internet of things (IoT) ...

A woman’s viral account of rejecting a remote job has sparked a debate on workplace privacy. She turned down the position due ...

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