Staff surveillance | Companies tighten employee monitoring - will staff have to choose between this and the office?

Trust is an essential part of the employee-employer relationship.

Staff trust their employer to support them professionally, and sometimes personally, have investment in their development, and to pay them on time. Whilst employers trust their staff to do their work effectively, on time, and to have integrity and morals around their approach to work.

The trust in this relationship was of course brought into the spotlight over the pandemic when businesses were forced into remote work and employers needed to believe, whether they liked it or not, that their workforce would work as effectively as they would have in the office.

To the surprise of many, this proved to be true, and most firms reported having even higher levels of productivity. But, like a pendulum swings, so too did the attitude of bosses, and now many are ordering their staff to come back into the office.