Does your employer have an Internet/Email policy for employees? If you don't know, you'd better find out because a recent electronic monitoring and surveillance survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute reports that more than 50 percent of employers surveyed said they have fired employees because of Internet and email abuse.
This topic always surfaces during the holiday season because buying gifts using the Internet is becoming a very common occurrence, but according to this study, it is happening year-round, not just during the holiday season.
More than 66 percent of employers surveyed said they monitor Internet use, and 65 percent use software to block certain websites.
Only two states, Delaware and Connecticut, require employers to notify employees of monitoring, but the study finds that 83 percent inform workers that the company is monitoring content, keystrokes and time spent at the keyboard; 84 percent let employees know the company reviews computer activity; and 71 percent alert employees to e-mail monitoring.
But is that enough?
Workplace learning and performance professionals should educate employees annually about the policies in place and the consequences. What do you think?
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