The U.S.' top worker lawyer plans to crack down on businesses' ability to spy on their workers. Using "boss-ware" maybe an easy answer but does it solve anything, what sort of privacy nightmares does this crease, and would you work for a place that does this? North Dakota regulators will hold a public hearing Thursday to gather comments on electrification of transportation. What if any regulation is needed for electric cars?

Labor Board Takes Aim at Workplace Spying

The U.S.' top worker lawyer plans to crack down on businesses' ability to spy on their workers.

"Close, constant surveillance and management through electronic means threaten employees' basic ability to exercise their rights," Jennifer Abruzzo wrote in the memo.

The use of workplace monitoring devices exploded during the pandemic. About 60% of large employers use monitoring tools today, double the pre-pandemic level, Newsweek reports. And white-collar workers' shift to remote work means millions more employees today are subject to so-called bossware: Software that screenshots the websites they visit, records their faces and voices, logs their keystrokes, tracks their locations and monitors their calls and text messages.

Hearing Set on Electrification of Transportation

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