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should bosses be able to spy on workers, even when they work from home?

Written by Val Hooper, Associate Professor, and Head of the School of Marketing and International Business, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

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Anyone familiar with George Orwell’s novel 1984 will relate to the menace of Big Brother watching their every keystroke and mouse click. For a growing share of the workforce that dystopian reality arrived while most of us were hunkering down in our “bubbles”.

With employees working from home during the...

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should bosses be able to spy on workers, even when they work from home?

Sick of spam marketing texts and emails? This is how to stop them

Panic buying just makes shortages worse. Why do people do it anyway?

Too many ‘stupid rules’, too little authority: how organisations create their own red tape

What 2.5 million Australian company directors need to know about the scathing Star judgement

As tonnes of illegal tobacco sneak in past our borders, we risk missing a threat that could cost us billions

Amid a surge in energy prices, a windfall tax on gas profits could be the best way to protect households

Traditions of Rural Bali at Villa Sabana

Essential Reasons to Opt for a Professional Valuation Before Selling Your Commercial Property

Transform Productivity and Team Efficiency with TimeCamp: Your Ultimate Time Tracking Solution

to fix Australia's housing affordability crisis, negative gearing must go

There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working

Colter Bay Capital Launches as Australia’s Newest Institutional Private Credit Fund

Global Thryv voices bring a sharper lens to International Women’s Day

AI curiosity fuels new wave of employee-led innovation in Australia

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