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Employee monitoring is on the rise. ESG s international 2021 Technology Spending Intentions Survey noted that almost half (48%) of senior IT decision makers questioned had been asked to increase employee monitoring since the start of the pandemic, while GetApp s Employee Monitoring Survey reported that one in four UK SMBs have implemented employee monitoring software in that time.
Other experts, however, say these statistics should be viewed with caution, as employee surveillance is an under researched area with little hard data available. Dr Alan Warr, chair of BCS Consultancy Specialist Group notes that employee monitoring has – to some extent – always been around, particularly in regulated industries, but that over the last few decades use of digital monitoring tools has steadily risen and will continue to do
Employment by Cara Jenkin
Premium Content The biggest cultural shift since the eight-hour work day was introduced will be experienced in offices this year as employers and workers wrestle over the location of where to work. A hybrid model is forecast to win out but how many days will be spent at home and the office and what effect that will have on team dynamics and productivity is unknown, with the perfect formula yet to be established. Both employers and employees may need to compromise as employers rely on having engaged staff, and workers increasingly value job security. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced most office workers to work from home, the University of Sydney Business School reports 19 per cent of employees regularly worked from home.
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New research from GetApp shows a large majority of
Kiwi businesses who have embraced digital transformation
during the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to invest in
digital transformation after a return to
normal.
New Zealand-based businesses embrace a
hybrid form of working, giving employees the flexibility to
work remotely as they need. New research conducted by GetApp
shows that 64% of Kiwi SMEs state that all or most of their
business is now virtual compared to only 2% who were already
entirely virtual pre-pandemic.
Many experts predicted
significant growth in worldwide IT spending to help
businesses counter the negative impacts on businesses from