A new report on workplace surveillance laws in Victoria found employees may not realise the full extent of surveillance practices
Workplace surveillance in Victoria has grown in popularity, but legislation to regulate it has not kept pace, according to a new report.
An inquiry by the Economy and Infrastructure Committee tabled in Victoria's Legislative Assembly this month found that workplace surveillance has become "more common in Victoria" in the wake of advancing technology and the pandemic-induced shift to remote work driving demand for such tech.
"Newer technologies have enabled more sophisticated surveillance that collects data at a greater and more granular scale," the report read.
"In addition, employers are using artificial intelligence to process workplace surveillance data and reach conclusions about workers' behaviour, sentiment, and performance using algorithms that are not transparent and could be biased."
Surveillance practices varied by industry, according to the report. But some of the reported forms of it are the following:
But the report noted that employees in Victoria are rarely informed about these surveillance practices and are unaware of their full extent.
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