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One of the "Big Four" accounting firms will start tracking where its UK employees are logging on from, in an attempt to keep a closer eye on hybrid working practices. In a memo to its 26,000 UK employees, PwC said it will use geo-location technology to help formalise its "approach to working together in person", said CNN. Writing for RTE, Professor Kevin Murphy said this is the "latest in a series of increasingly sinister salvos" as electronic surveillance becomes "increasingly widespread" in the workplace.
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From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up How are companies tracking their staff? Alongside the rise in remote work since the pandemic has come "a surge in workplace monitoring", said People Management, and it's thought that by next year 70% of large employers will be monitoring their employees. Monitoring office attendance is part of the motivation in some instances, but most companies that are implementing surveillance are doing so to "protect themselves from security risks".
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK.
