CORPORATE MONITORING SYSTEMS DEVELOP TO CATCH FRAUD AND DECEPTION BY REMOTE WORKERS
January 22nd, 2023
The comprehensive and thus far sustained extension of home-based remote working sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a growing market in surveillance devices helping managers ensure their employees are working rather than shirking. Some employers take a dim view of employees who tell managers they are at work at their desk, but instead are watching Netflix on the sofa.
Research by US-based internet service and software reviewer digital.com found that companies are losing significant income from employees pretending to work, while slacking at home. ...
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