Boo! Who’s That Looking Over Your Shoulder?

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In a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, 58 percent of human resource professionals said their organization has increased its monitoring of their employees’ Internet use. The survey was conducted September 29, 2006. There were 442 HR professionals from SHRM’s membership surveyed for this report.

Survey respondents were asked the following questions:

Has your organization increased employee monitoring within the past 12 months?
– 54 percent said no, and we have no plans to do so.
– 27 percent said yes, and have explained the monitoring changes to employees.
– 10 percent said no, but we plan to do so.
– 9 percent said yes, but we have not explained the monitoring change to employees.

In which of the following activities did your organization increase its employee monitoring?
– 58 percent increased monitoring employee Internet use.
– 48 percent increased monitoring employee computer use in general.
– 45 percent increased monitoring employee e-mail use.
– 41 percent increased auditing employee expense forms.
– 30 percent increased monitoring employee use of cell phones.
– 21 percent increased monitoring employee telephone use.
– 13 percent increased monitoring employee instant messaging.
– 13 percent increased use of cameras to monitor employee activities.
– 12 percent increased monitoring of employees’ movement at work.
– 7 percent increased monitoring the use of camera cell phones.
– 5 percent read employees e-mails.
– 1 percent read employee postal email.

[News Release]

Posted at October 31, 2006
Filed Under BSG [CPA TRENDLINES] |

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