{"id":524255,"date":"2023-04-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/?p=524255"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:39:58","slug":"is-remote-work-time-tracking-legal-4-signs-you-are-monitored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/guest-posts\/is-remote-work-time-tracking-legal-4-signs-you-are-monitored\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Remote Work Time Tracking Legal? 4 Signs You Are Monitored"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Working remotely gives employees more freedom, but some employers still feel the need to track how employees spend their working hours. Erika Rykun of Booklyst delves into four telltale signs that your employer monitors you via remote work time tracking apps.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Remote working, or working from home, has already had its share of fame over the past decade. Still, it wasn\u2019t until the COVID-19 pandemic hit that employers and employees alike explored the full potential and probability of\u00a0fully remote jobs<\/a>\u00a0and contracting talent miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the steep rise of the workforce choosing to work from home, employers have turned to time and management apps. These tools aim to ensure that teams perform and hours are rendered as intended for maximum productivity and efficiency \u2014 whether through synchronous or\u00a0asynchronous communication<\/a>. However, some employers are taking a dark turn with these time-tracking apps \u2014 some heavily abusing the monitoring features of these applications and transforming employers into micromanagers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Time Tracking Legal?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many organizations heavily use productivity apps with time-tracking features or time-tracking apps alone to monitor the time employees work throughout the day. Flexible employers allow remote teams to track time at their own pace. However, some take advantage of the features of these applications to strictly monitor employee activity while the time tracker is running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these features include:<\/p>\n\n\n