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Punched & bitten | Staff body cameras - invasive surveillance or vital safety measure?

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From broken printers and Zoom meeting chaos to Wi-Fi woes and endless password resets, our workplaces have always had a fractured relationship with the technology meant to keep them afloat.

Research shows as much. Nearly three-quarters of knowledge workers (73%) reporting that technology has helped to advance their careers, while more than one in four (27%) regularly experience digital overwhelm, and 43% suffer stress and anxiety from the myriad platforms and their ever-pinging notifications.

Can’t live with it, can’t live without it!

But amid a deluge of workplace technology, few tools and devices draw more scrutiny than those used to observe and monitor employees.

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