• NLRB Announces its Focus on Online Tracking Tools Used to Manage Remote Worker Performance [telecom]

    From Bill Horne@malQRMassimilation@gmail.com to comp.dcom.telecom on Tue Mar 14 22:29:23 2023
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    A significant concern for managers of remote workers is the ability to
    engage, manage and monitor performance and productivity rCo and some
    healthcare employers have turned to technologies like tracking
    employee keystrokes, capturing screenshots, and on-camera requirements
    for employees during work hours.

    This has caught the attention of the National Labor Relations BoardrCOs
    General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who recently issued a memorandum
    seeking to broaden of the National Labor Relations Act (the rCLActrCY) and limit the electronic surveillance of employees.

    rCLAn issue of particular concern to [her] is the potential for
    omnipresent surveillance and other algorithmic-management tools to
    interfere with the exercise of Section 7 rights by significantly
    impairing or negating employeesrCO ability to engage in protected
    activity and keep that activity confidential from their employer,
    if they so choose.rCY Memorandum GC 23-02, rCLElectronic Monitoring
    and Algorithmic Management of Employees Interfering with the
    Exercise of Section 7 RightsrCY (released Oct. 31, 2022).

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