Employment Policies, Surveillance, Employee Monitoring

Workplace Surveillance Bill Clears Maine Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Nod

Fisher Phillips on 8/5/2025

The Maine Legislature recently passed a bill that could soon place new limits on employers’ ability to conduct surveillance in the workplace and create new categories of enforcement action state labor officials. Due to the...more

The 3 Biggest Concerns for California Employers About Sweeping Employee Surveillance Bill

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2025

California employers should be paying close attention to a pending bill that would significantly restrict how employers use workplace surveillance tools. If enacted, AB 1331 would prohibit employers from using workplace...more

When May an Employer Monitor Employees Working Remotely?

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 6/6/2023

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s (PPA) recently published position on the monitoring of employees working remotely presents new guidelines and recommendations for employers that are building a system to perform such...more

Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: NLRB General Counsel Tips the Scale Toward Broadening the Scope of Employee Protections

Venable LLP on 11/30/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant shift toward remote work, together with recent technological advances, have drastically expanded the reach of employers' capacity to manage and monitor employees both in and outside of...more

Privacy Tip #348 – Considerations for Electronic Monitoring of Employees

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/4/2022

I had a really interesting discussion with my students during class this week about employers’ use of electronic means to monitor employees. When I first started teaching Privacy Law at Roger Williams Law School eight or nine...more

Computer Surveillance by Employers: Finding the Balance between Business Interests and Employee Privacy Rights

Dickinson Wright on 5/1/2017

As the use of computers and computer activity becomes more pervasive in the workplace, employers are facing new challenges. Generally speaking, greater network connectivity should be welcomed by employers. However, the use of...more