Remote work offers unparalleled flexibility and work-life harmony. It is also ushering in a concerning trend: the surveillance of employees by their employers.

High-profile corporations such as J.P. Morgan, Barclays Bank, and UnitedHealth Group have made headlines for monitoring everything from employees' emails to their keystrokes. This in turn exemplifies an even broader trend of workplace surveillance extending far beyond the physical office space.

The extent of this oversight is profound. A survey from ResumeBuilder.com, a professional resource site, indicates that more than one-third of employers (37 percent) mandate their remote staff to be visible via live video feeds. The most common forms of employee monitoring involve tracking workers' web browsing activity and app usage, affecting a significant 62 percent of employees.

Meanwhile, ExpressVPN has released a report finding that close to 80 percent of employers use some kind of monitoring software to track employee performance and online activity. This widespread surveillance stems from what is termed "productivity paranoia," a phenomenon by which managers are skeptical of their employees' commitment and output, especially when they work remotely.

The federal government has taken notice of these invasive practices and initiated measures to curtail employee surveillance, aiming to uphold workers' rights and protect their privacy. Notably, the White House Office of Science and........

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