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The Boss Is Remotely Monitoring Blue-Collar Workers
McGruber writes "The Wall Street Journal reports on the new level of surveillance available to bosses of blue collar workers. Thanks to mobile devices and inexpensive monitoring software, managers can now know where workers are, eavesdrop on their phone calls, tell if a truck driver is wearing his seat belt and intervene if he is tailgating. 'Twenty-five years ago this was pipe dream stuff,' said Paul Sangster, CEO of JouBeh Technologies, a Canadian company that develops tracking, or 'telematics,' technology for businesses. 'Now it is commonly accepted that you are being tracked.' In the U.S., workplace tracking technology is largely unregulated, and courts have found that employees have few rights to privacy on the job. No federal statutes restrict the use of GPS by employers, nor force them to disclose whether they are using it. Only two states, Delaware and Connecticut, require employers to tell workers that their electronic communications — anything from emails to instant messages to texts — are being monitored."
Er ist gut to work in workers paradise!
I am so glad we live in a police state where we are tracked and followed everywhere, and where we have always been at war with East Asia.
Silly privacy - only good for whiny people - strong workers need no rights ...
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Except the part about a section of the world where the already moneyed elites don't control everything at the end. That's all fantasy.
This isnt remotely surprising.
I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
Lucky I am a white-collar. So none of this applies, right?
Campbell :)
All trees are public if they're on public land. Including the beech. Wait, what?
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