Good afternoon to the lovely team at iSmartRecruit,

To track or not to track employee activity, that is the question that we hope to answer in our blogpost entitled &#34;The Great Debate: Should Employers Spy on Remote Workers?&#34; 

There is a tension in the workplace-  employees want to fulfill their working obligations without the commute, office politics, and unnecessary time spent away from home. On the other hand, employers want to maintain productivity levels and manage workloads.

Is the answer installing tracking or monitoring software?

For many, the answer is yes. 

But there are a lot of things to consider when following this path. For example, is it legal?

(Spoiler alert: yes it is - if you tell your employees that you&#39;re doing it.)

And it&#39;s here that I&#39;ll admit something to you. I got a bit carried away when writing the summary for the piece. Three hours later I had a whole first draft. 

You can read it here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8joRaUNOBTXq2dO3UcYizONcs6q2C2z5k8kpN-AU0s/edit#heading=h.6upv10a8xtil - or you can read my short summary below:

“As remote working becomes more prevalent, employers are looking for ways to maintain productivity, including monitoring their employees. However, this raises questions about the legality and ethics of such monitoring. While tracking can benefit employees in some ways, employers need to ensure that they are not breaching data protection laws and that any monitoring is proportionate and reasonable in relation to its purpose. Read on to learn more about this contentious and complex subject.”

I hope that this piece is something you would be interested in sharing with your audience - I think it is a very relevant topic that can complement your content focused on recruitment.

After all, knowing that an employer could be looking through your personal emails can have moral-damaging consequences that can lower a company&#39;s reputation and make it trickier to recruit talent.

Finally, I thank you for reading this far down my message - after all, I&#39;m confident that you get plenty of these requests.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Have a wonderful weekend.

WM