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Royal Mail | Are your targets driving performance - or encouraging employee misdirection?
Postal workers have claimed they were asked to move or hide mail from bosses to give...
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Punched & bitten | Staff body cameras - invasive surveillance or vital safety measure?
An NHS case study mythbusts concerns that frontline worker body cams are more about...
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‘Stopwatching’ | Morrisons launches monitoring app to spot underperforming shop floor staff
Morrisons will give managers immediate data on staff productivity, helping them pick...
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Fourfold increase | HSBC plans surge in staff surveillance & biometric scans
HSBC is planning a 'four-fold increase' in cameras and more biometric verification...
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'Culture of fear' | Gail's Bakery HR denies using CCTV to spy on staff
A former Gail's worker claimed the bakery is 'cultivating a culture of fear, isolating...
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'Manipulation' | Don't monitor like Musk - increase employee surveillance at your peril
Employees at Elon Musk-owned xAI described the installation of monitoring software...
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Cop out | Detective allegedly 'weighted down' laptop keys to fake work-from-home
The detective reportedly weighed down keys for 'considerable periods of time'...
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Productivity | Employee monitoring: A dystopia of distrust and discontent
Workplace monitoring appears to be evolving towards a dystopian direction...
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Suspicious minds | Boss arrested for planting GPS tracker on employee's car in sick leave row
An overly-suspicious boss was arrested after planting a tracker on the car of an...
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Social media | Do employees have the right to a comeback?
Diving into someone's personal history before considering them for an interview...
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Culture | Creating an onboarding experience that delivers a real sense of belonging
In an increasingly candidate-driven market, people-centered onboarding is becoming...
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WFH hack | Worker admits 'playing games all day' after secretly automating their £66k job
An IT worker earning more than £66,000 per year claims to have built a programme...
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‘It was creepy’ | Can you monitor your employees in their homes?
In this myGrapevine+ exclusive we explore the legal implications of monitoring employees...
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Poor recruitment | When onboarding goes wrong: The 5 most common problems and how to avoid them
Nearly 20% of staff attrition occurs in the first 45 days. Poor onboarding plays...
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Amazon | Firm plans to capture workers' keystrokes - what could this mean for HR?
Amazon plans to monitor how its employees use their keyboards to prevent customer...
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Castle trip | Should you know where your employees are during lockdown?
With the news cycle still dominated by the Dominic Cummings London-to-Durham furore...
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Barclays | Bank axes 'Big Brother-style' staff tracking system
A week after the staff tracking system was introduced, the banking giant has pulled...
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Credit Suisse | CEO quits after SHOCKING spying scandal
While Thiam denied knowledge of the covert operations - that saw two former employees...
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Employee KPIs | Should HR still use performance reviews?
You may find that your staff simply aren't responding well to the classic...
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Privacy | Disney employee was 'spied on' at home by boss
A former employee alleged that he was the target of harassment and discrimination...
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