The pandemic has resulted in a seismic shift in the number of employees working from home. For employers, this can bring advantages and disadvantages. One of the key disadvantages is that some employees may feel more inclined to shirk their usual responsibilities due to the lack of facetime or supervision they would normally experience when working from the office.
As usual, technology has a solution for this with more and more tech companies providing products which help you monitor your employees when WFH. The question which therefore arises is: can employers use these products to monitor employees lawfully in accordance with data protection laws?
Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all answer and there are a number of factors you will need to consider before implementing such technology. We have set out some of the key data protection considerations below:
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