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Your Boss is Probably Spying on You: New Data on Workplace Surveillance

New research reveals that more than two-thirds of U.S. workers are subject to electronic monitoring, and that more intensive productivity monitoring is associated with higher levels of anxiety, needing to work at unsafe speeds, and a higher likelihood of serious injury. These findings, while sobering, indicate the potential for a broad political movement in support of stronger worker protections, as the use of surveillance tools cuts across class, occupational, and industrial lines.