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August 21, 2026

As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it's good to know the ways your employer is watching

  • Employers are increasingly using technology to monitor the whereabouts, productivity and communications of workers.
    • By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
    Associated Press

    AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin [enlarge]


    NEW YORK — College administrators read an adjunct professor's comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt monitored the pace of workers to ensure they inspected hundreds of items per hour.


     
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