As part of its project to update the Employment Practices Data Protection Code, the UK ICO has published its second topic-specific draft guidance for consultation. The guidance covers.
In 2021 the UK ICO said that it would revise its Employment Practices Data Protection Code to reflect the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. It has now published its first.
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Employee monitoring: useful but not a modus operandi
Employee monitoring: useful but not a modus operandi
Zita Goldman explores why it’s critical to establish and keep to red lines when monitoring employees
Employers have traditionally been opposed to remote work, as the absence of physical proximity significantly diminishes opportunities to contain employees’ tendency to slack off with the double deterrent of monitoring and group pressure. The pandemic, however, left them no choice but to allow their staff to work from the comfort or, occasionally, turmoil of their homes.
In their anxiety that their workers will take advantage of staying under the company radar, CEOs and HR departments, especially those of large companies, resorted to monitoring software, which, in certain cases, border on surveillance. The technology was readily available and mature and there were practically no legal hindrances.