Industry News & Blogs
Weekly dilemma: Dealing with a deceased employee's emails
A senior member of staff died in an accident recently and I am uncertain as to how to deal with his emails. He has several personal folders and thousands
Work-related Blogs and News: What's the odds of the boss finding out you have a work blog?
<div>I'm sure of the methodology behind these findings, but a recent article suggests the following concerning employer monitoring of employee Internet and Web 2.0 activities:<br><br><strong>The odds an employer monitors employee blogs are 1 in 7.14<br><br>1 in 3.13 employers monitor employee email
Almost half of British employers failing to monitor staff location
Almost half (48%) of employers do not require staff to log their whereabouts when travelling for business, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by
Good mental health policies could save you £250,000 a year
Employers could save as much as £250,000 a year if they follow new guidance on promoting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, the NHS spending
Cyber-bullying: Legal Q&A
Cyber-bullying has been in and out of the news lately. For example, last month a teenager who posted a death threat on Facebook became the first person
NHS takes steps to monitor employees' physical activity
NHS Stoke on Trent has launched the unlikely health initiative of issuing pedometers to 7,000 workers, in a bid to identify which staff are most at risk of falling ill because of their lifestyles.
Surveillance on staff is usually wrong
Employers who like to keep close tabs on staff at work could be taking a risk. Press reports claiming high street retailer Marks and Spencer staff live
Online time-wasting: get out of my Facebook
Online time-waster or useful tool? Roisin Woolnough finds out what you can get out of social networking websites. Many organisations have a relaxed...
Driving skills under scrutiny as Derby and St Edmundsbury councils fit black-box monitors to bin lorries and other vehicles
Council bin men and other drivers could soon find themselves rated for how well they drive while working. Two local authorities are to install black
Fingerprint system to monitor staff movements is piloted
Fingerprint technology could soon be used across the UK to monitor employees' movements, after a pilot scheme was deemed successful. The system allows
