WorkTime Complies With the Strictest Legal Recommendations
WorkTime
WorkTime – employee performance monitoring software (www.worktime.com).
WorkTime complies with the strictest recommendations in regards of workplace monitoring laws.
Monitoring Laws: Core Requirements
Monitoring laws vary depending on the country or state, but despite all the differences, there are certain laws that are common. These common laws form the core requirements all monitoring software and monitoring process has to comply with. In other words there is the set of the strictest rules that have to be followed when applying monitoring at workplace and when using computer monitoring software.
Seven Basic Principles to Follow
According to Miriam Wugmeister (‘Comparing the U.S. and EU Approach to Employee Privacy’ article) there are seven principles to follow when applying monitoring:
Necessity
Finality
Transparency
Legitimacy
Proportionality
Accuracy and retention of data
Security
Following these principles ensures that monitoring is done properly, stays business related, does not go too far. More information about the principles here:
– Core Principles topic.
WorkTime Complies With the Strictest Recommendations
WorkTime takes into consideration all the lawyers’ requirements mentioned above and holds in respect employees’ personal privacy.
This is how WorkTime is in compliance with the strictest lawyers recommendations:
Recommendation |
Does WorkTime Comply With It? |
| Necessity | YES WorkTime is a necessary tool to monitor employees’ performance, as well as computers and software utilization. |
| Finality | YES WorkTime is strictly performance monitoring software. It does not support any spying functionality. |
| Transparency | YES "Workplace Monitoring Policies" "Computer Monitoring – Employee Handbook" "Workplace Computer Monitoring – Consent Form" All the above documents are provided along with WorkTime. |
| Legitimacy | YES WorkTime is strictly performance monitoring software. It does not support any spying functionality. |
| Proportionality | YES WorkTime does records only data required for performance monitoring. WorkTime does not record any personal data. |
| Accuracy and retention of data | YES WorkTime does not record any personal data. |
| Security | YES All collected data is stored on the customer’s servers only. WorkTime does not perform any unauthorized access to the Internet. |
| Clear Monitoring Policies Employees Handbook Consent Form |
Yes Provided along with WorkTime |
| Monitoring is work related | Yes WorkTime is strictly performance monitoring software. It does not support any spying functionality and it does not record any personal data. |
| Personal data is not recorded | YES WorkTime does not record any personal data. |
| Suitable to local laws | Yes WorkTime complies with the strictest core recommendations. |
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