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Jan29
Software Tracks Employees Work Habits - Monitoring Or Spying?

Microsoft has applied for a patent for softsmall_biz_reflections.pngware which monitors workers' work habits. Wireless sensors in computers track brain signals, heart rate and stress level.

While employers may use the term "monitor", it will be interesting to see if the purpose can be conveyed to the employees in a workplace. What is regarded as "monitoring" by one person, may be labelled "spying" by someone else.

This is going to take some serious discussion, so as not to erode the positives that exist in a business culture. Employers are understandably perturbed if productivity is an issue. Some employees spend time at work doing private research, online bookings or visiting social media sites. 

Research shows that a huge percentage of online shopping is done during work time.

The Courier Mail reports that

Microsoft said the program could be used to provide stresss relief to workers or to compare one worker's performance to another to detrmine who deserved promotion. 
  • Is monitoring software the answer, or are there other solutions? 

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