The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued draft guidance to help ensure employers’ monitoring of staff performance does not turn into surveillance or harassment.
Spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic forcing companies to enable employees to work from home, employers have used a range of technological tools to keep tabs on worker output and well-being. These include monitoring internet access, using webcams, keystroke logging and time-tracking devices, and even carrying out secret audio recording.
