Monitoring Employees: Can You? Should You? How Far Is Too Far?

We all still cringe at the sound of 'pandemic' and 'covid-19' – we've heard too much of it and lost so much to it. Now that we've regained control of our lives, we want nothing more, but to forget it. It is however indisputable that 'it' has changed the way we see and do so many things, including work.

The novelty of working away from the office was quick to set in. Awkward at first, yet acceptable soon after ... only to become the preference for many. Remote working is now a fixture condition of employment in many sectors, with employers formalising arrangements for employees to work remotely for part of the week, some allowing periods of remote work, others even allowing employees to work away from home, or even the country of residence.