Outlets Report on Emerging Workplace Communication and Employee Monitoring Practices

Recent reporting highlights evolving practices surrounding workplace management, oversight, and communication between staff and employers. According to reporting from the BBC, back-to-work adviser Sir Charlie Mayfield argues that employees calling in sick should telephone their supervisors rather than sending digital messages. Mayfield warned that relying on text messaging and email causes sick staff members to become disengaged and makes them less likely to resume working.

Separately, Knowable Magazine reports that organizations are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence to maintain continuous oversight of their staff. Companies now have expanded capabilities to track workers on a minute-by-minute basis and record individual keystrokes, prompting scrutiny over whether such close technological surveillance produces desired workplace results.