Employeement

Employee monitoring causes health issues.

A. Stress can be a result of employee monitoring.

1. In one case the OTA found that when employers monitor their workers for speed and other job duties, and by doing this it may contribute to stress and stress related illnesses.

A. Also in reports done by OTA and 9 to 5 them both states that "Monitoring can lead to work speedups".

2. Worrying can lead to stress and if an employee is being monitored might feel worried because their every move is being watch, and any little wrong doing can lead to job termination.

B. Because monitoring can lead to stress, Physical well being is also at risk.

1. When companies monitor their workers on what is being done or how much is being done, employees tend to rush and overpower themselves leading to pain to the body or body parts.

a. Example: A warehouse worker is monitored on how many trucks he loads. So the employee is going to work extra hard filling trucks and overdoing the lifting, which can lead to different muscle strains, back and arm pain and it may even cause a hernia.

2. In the article Monitoring in the workplace, States a discussion with a data clerk who states ""We were told last week that we failed to meet management productivity goals... I feel so depressed my stomach is in knots, I take tons of aspirin, my jaws are sore from clenching my teeth, I'm so tired I can't get up in the morning, and my arm hurts from entering, entering, entering."

II. It's an invasion of someone privacy.

A. Devices are used all the time even when you are not aware of it.

1. Companies are putting monitoring devices in places that should be kept private, such as breakrooms, lockerooms, computer terminals, and sometimes in bathrooms although that isn't allow.

2. Employers can put any type of monitoring tool where they want it and don't need to tell the employee about it, because the law doesn't require them to do so.

A. A example of this happening is found in Duke & law technology review Monitoring employee email efficient workplaces vs. employee privacy. (Duke 2001) states that one employer even "places a device in employees' chairs to measure worker 'wiggling,' presumably because more wiggling means less working.

B. why is little law on this situation making it hard for employees to do something about their right to privacy?

1. If police need orders to do these types of thing, then shouldn't it be the same way with work

2. NEED TO FIND ANOTHER GOOD FACT

III. Monitoring of an employee can causes distrust between worker and their company.

A. Employers are going over board and not realizing they aren't showing there workers