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Activity: Let’s discuss about the privacy is essential and legal regulations
implementation of the Hybrid work policy. regarding employee monitoring must be
complied with.
- Using all the tips above , in what ways
would you disseminate the new What regulations should companies pay
hybrid work policies and guidelines to attention to?
all employees?
- How can you ensure that everyone Data protection and privacy laws that keep
employees' personal information even when
understands and accepts these new
they are working from home. These are related
methods before implementation?
to each country and across jurisdictions and
may include requirements related to obtaining
consent, ensuring data security, and providing
transparency in monitoring practices for
instance.
Indeed, even if employees are working
remotely, rules must be made to ensure the
employee's privacy and rights.
Employee’ contracts within the companies
should review and update to clearly outline the
parameters of monitoring activities : with
mention about the types of data that will be
collected when working remotely, the
purposes of monitoring, and the rights and
responsibilities of both the employer and
6.4 How to monitor online work employees.
progress of the team
If applicable, the workplace surveillance laws
must be indicated and extended to the specific
6.4.1 Conceptual framework of monitoring remote monitoring. These laws may dictate
online work progress of the team the permissible extent of monitoring,
employee notification requirements, and the
The now generalised introduction of remote
need for legitimate business justifications.
working has led to important changes also in
terms of monitoring the work of one's team Organisations should consider any applicable
and employees. If working in the office gives labour laws and collective agreements that
the possibility to monitor the activities that govern employee monitoring. These
employees perform and the way in which they regulations may outline specific requirements
carry out their work, the transition to remote related to consent, notification, and the use of
work brings new challenges, including how to monitoring data for employment decisions.
monitor the work of your team.
Ethical Considerations, apart from legal
How can efficient and compliant monitoring be
requirements, organisations should also
implemented? The keyword is balance. It is
consider the ethical implications of
imperative that there is a balance between
monitoring that includes :
monitoring and leading the team and ensuring
- open communication,
that team members have the opportunity to
- transparency,
learn and sharpen their skills. Respect for
- and trust-building measures.
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