FOR EMPLOYEE MONITORING

By: Tabitha Seehousen

Section: 1055-21

August 11, 2010

WHAT IS EMPLOYEE MONITORING?

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upervising activities in progress to ensure…• They are on course• On schedule in meeting

• Completing the objective and performance tasks.

I’m watching

YOU!!

WHAT DOES AN EMPLOYER EXPECT?

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ake sure the employee is doing a good job.

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he employee is not doing anything un-related to work.

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espect/Trust that the employee is doing what is expected

of them.

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ompleteness of a given task.

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omputer and Internet connection is

company property.

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mployee productivity losses

E

mployee morale is low( not doing what is

expected).

C

atch trade secrets.

P

rotect the business.

REASONS FOR MONITORING

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aintenance and Management of

software

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pplication and Network

Troubleshooting.

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torage and Bandwidth Capacity

Planning.

G

ood for Employee Investigations.

4 TYPES OF MONITORING

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elephone

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omputer

E

lectronic Mail/ Voice Mail

V

ideo

Think about your every

move!

TELEPHONE MONITORING

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an my employer listen to my phone calls at work?• YES!!! Employers may monitor call with

clients/ customers for reason of quality control.

• Not every business is aware of this requirement…

• So the calls will be monitored without warning.

COMPUTER MONITORING

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mployers can use computer software• Which enables them to see what’s in the

employee’s computer terminal.

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omputer monitoring technique• Allows employers to keep track of the amount

of time spend away from the computer.

ELECTRONIC MAIL AND VOICE MAIL

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f an electronic mail (email) system is used at a

company• The employer owns it and is allowed to

review its content.

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essages sent within a company• As well as those that are sent from your

terminal can be subject to monitoring by employer.

VIDEO MONITORING

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an employers use this in the workplace?• YES!!! It’s a common method of deterring

theft, maintaining security, and monitoring employees.

V

ideo Camera• Capture audio recording

LITTLE BROTHER

It’s a software package

that allows employers

to monitor their

worker’s internet use.

It employs a database

of 45,000 web sites.

Productive

Un Productive

Neutral

EXAMPLE OF EMPLOYEE MONITORING

Employee Monitoring

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