workplace surveillance (n):
any way in which an employer intrusively monitors their employees
This can include:
- using AI to track your emotions, engagement, and honesty
- tracking what you type, when you move your mouse, and taking screenshots of your computer throughout the day
- physically, in-person monitoring, including ease-dropping or monitoring interactions with your coworkers
These tactics can result in harms to workers, anything from wage theft to invading privacy to discrimination.
For a more comprehensive definition and to understand how workplace surveillance differs from electronic monitoring see our definitions page.
Workers deserve to know how they are being monitored.
Workplace Surveillance Incident Tracker
Created by a group of researchers focused on uplifting workers (learn more about us and our mission), the WSIT supports workers by:
- collecting incidents of workplace surveillance to hold companies accountable and keep workers informed
- providing resources to help you fight back against workplace surveillance practices
- creating a space for you to tell your workplace surveillance story and helping others feel less alone in the process
Notable Cases
Taken from our growing collection of 0 cases of workplace surveillance, occuring in the US after 2010, across 0 companies. Click the cases below to view their reports.
About Our Team
We are a team of researchers at the Tech Solidarity Lab focused on advancing workers' rights through interrogating workplace surveillance technologies, the harm they cause, and ways to limit these harms. Our lab does not accept funding from any companies or major corporations.
