FOR EMPLOYEE MONITORING
By: Tabitha Seehousen
Section: 1055-21
August 11, 2010
WHAT IS EMPLOYEE MONITORING?
S
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?
M
ake sure the employee is doing a good job.
T
he employee is not doing anything un-related to work.
R
espect/Trust that the employee is doing what is expected
of them.
C
ompleteness of a given task.
C
omputer and Internet connection is
company property.
E
mployee productivity losses
E
mployee morale is low( not doing what is
expected).
C
atch trade secrets.
P
rotect the business.
REASONS FOR MONITORING
M
aintenance and Management of
software
A
pplication and Network
Troubleshooting.
S
torage and Bandwidth Capacity
Planning.
G
ood for Employee Investigations.
4 TYPES OF MONITORING
T
elephone
C
omputer
E
lectronic Mail/ Voice Mail
V
ideo
Think about your every
move!
TELEPHONE MONITORING
C
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
E
mployers can use computer software• Which enables them to see what’s in the
employee’s computer terminal.
C
omputer monitoring technique• Allows employers to keep track of the amount
of time spend away from the computer.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AND VOICE MAIL
I
f an electronic mail (email) system is used at a
company• The employer owns it and is allowed to
review its content.
M
essages sent within a company• As well as those that are sent from your
terminal can be subject to monitoring by employer.
VIDEO MONITORING
C
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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43%
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78%
89%
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