productivity monitoring

The rise of remote work has led more and more companies to use employee monitoring tools to help ensure their employees are actually working and to improve productivity. While the measures have helped some companies see better results, they’ve also raised some ethical and legal questions. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.

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Across industries and income brackets, a growing number of American workers are discovering that their productivity is being electronically monitored by their bosses.

This technology is giving employers a means to gauge what their employees are doing and it’s already impacting how much and when people get paid.

Times investigative reporters have discovered that this tracking software is more common than one might think.

Guest: Jodi Kantor, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Across industries and incomes, more employees are being tracked, recorded and ranked. What is gained, companies say, is efficiency and accountability. What is lost?

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