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Some 13% of all people working from home are being constantly monitored by their employers, a survey by union CNV among 1,200 homeworkers shows.
‘Over half a million people working from home are constantly being spied on by their employer. The figure is probably higher because not everyone is familiar with the company software,’ CNV chairman Piet Fortuin said.
Monitoring takes place across the board, from government departments to business services and industry, the survey showed.
‘People are being called at various times of the day to check whether they are working. In other cases software is used to measure the number of keystrokes or to see whether they are logged in. It’s pure control and that is how people experience it,’ Fortui said.