{"id":11144,"date":"2024-09-13T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/i-monitor-my-staff-with-software-that-takes-screenshots\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T19:01:15","slug":"i-monitor-my-staff-with-software-that-takes-screenshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/i-monitor-my-staff-with-software-that-takes-screenshots\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While some bosses who use these types of software might argue that it&#8217;s good for maintaining productivity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cipd.co.uk\/knowledge\/work\/technology\/workplace-technology-employee\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> suggests that workplace surveillance can damage trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Monitoring employee behaviour can be a justifiable way to reduce the risk of misconduct and potentially help manage performance,&#8221; says Jonny Gifford, senior adviser for organisational behaviour research at the CIPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;However, employers should have clear policies so that workers know how they may be monitored, and crucially, it must be proportionate.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Employers will get &#8220;much better results&#8221; by supporting employees, he adds, &#8220;rather than focusing on potentially irrelevant measures of input, such as the number of keystrokes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jonathan Rennie, partner at UK law firm TLT, also urges caution for firms considering introducing such software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Employers have an implied legal duty to maintain their employees&#8217; trust and confidence, and need to be mindful of how employees might react to the mass roll-out of monitoring software,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He suggests that any firms using monitoring software should have written policies in place explaining how and why it is being used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There should also be clear guidance for managers and safeguards in place to prevent misuse or &#8220;over-monitoring&#8221;, he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-54289152?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some bosses who use these types of software might argue that it&#8217;s good for maintaining productivity, research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), external suggests that workplace surveillance can damage trust. &#8220;Monitoring employee behaviour can be a justifiable way to reduce the risk of misconduct and potentially help manage performance,&#8221; says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[5300,5301,4696,123,542],"class_list":["post-11144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connected-world","tag-monitor","tag-screenshots","tag-software","tag-staff","tag-takes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11146,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11144\/revisions\/11146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}