People Management quotes Anne-Marie Balfour on employee monitoring
min readNew research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and HR tech specialist HiBob shows that more than half of bosses (55%) agree with collecting information on regular home workers, including the amount of time spent on laptops each day and email sending behaviours to identify risk of burnout.
"However, employers need to balance the level of intrusion with the needs of the employer, which is a delicate balancing act. Whilst monitoring of employees is not necessarily unlawful, it is a legal minefield. Human rights, data protection, health and safety and unfair dismissal laws all intersect when considering how monitoring can be conducted lawfully. If the employee is working in another jurisdiction, that jurisdiction’s set of relevant laws will apply too!"
"Employers would therefore need to consider and plan carefully before implementing any monitoring arrangements. The ICO recently published draft guidance for employers on monitoring, and is consulting on this at present. This may give employers a welcome steer in this difficult area."
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