Being monitored at work? A new report calls for tougher workplace surveillance controls
- Written by Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne

Australian employers are monitoring employees, frequently without workers’ knowledge or consent, according to a new report.
And when workers do know about surveillance, there is little they can do about it. Laws have not kept pace, producing negative impacts for workers and workplaces.
A Labor-chaired Victorian...