SMB Employers Watching Employees

Friday, February 24, 2006
Posted by Brawlin Melgar Percentage of employers monitoring some or all of their employees in the following ways:

Monitoring and reviewing Web Sites visited 76%

Storing and reviewing e-mail messages 55%

Using smartcard technology to control building / data center access 53%

Monitor time spent on the phone and numbers called 51%

Using video surveillance to counter theft, violence, sabotage 51%

Saving and reviewing employees' computer files 50%

Monitoring time employees spend on computer, content, keystrokes entered 36%

Taping employee phone conversations 22%

Using video surveillance to monitor performance 16%

Taping and reviewing voice mail messages 15%

Using global positioning technology to monitor/track company vehicles 8%

Using GPS technology to monitor/track employee ID/smartcards 8%

Using fingerprints scans to control building/data center access 5%

Using GPS technology to monitor/track company cell phones 5%

Using facial recognition technology to control building/data center access 2%

Using iris scan technology to control building access 0.5%

SOURCES: 2005 ELECTRONIC MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SURVEY BY THE AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND EPOLICY INSTITUTE.