We’re Watching You - Monitoring Employees in the Workplace

Introduction

Whilst we want to trust employees to get on and do their work, the increase in remote and hybrid working has brought new challenges.

Technological developments also mean that there is greater opportunity to monitor what employees are up to in terms of their email activity, internet usage, social media accounts etc.

If you suspect that an employee is not working properly, what are your options?

• Can you look at what an employee is doing?
• What can/can’t you monitor?
• What does the employee need to know about what you are doing?
• What, if anything, can you do covertly?
• What is allowed under GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018?

This new virtual classroom seminar will explore the law, the reality of what employers might want to achieve, how these interact, and the risks involved.

Consideration will also be given to what employers might want to include in their employee monitoring policies.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

• Data Protection Legislation
• Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR
• Human rights
• Other legislation to note
• Monitoring of Communications
• Telephone
• Internet
• Email usage
• Use of Personal Devices
• What can be monitored
• Issues to think about
• Social Media
• Monitoring of personal social media accounts
• Disciplinary sanctions
• Defining ‘bringing the company into disrepute’
• Wider Monitoring
• Drug and alcohol usage
• CCTV
• When the harasser might also be liable
• Remote Working
• What you can and cannot check
• Communicating with employees
• Taking action if there are concerns
• Policies and Procedures
• What are organisations currently doing
• Best practice
• The key things to cover

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.