Government needs to act against 'Big Brother'-style monitoring of employees

More than half of the workers surveyed did not know if their office or home computer was monitored.

‘Big Brother’-style monitoring of staff in the workplace requires the Government to urgently step in with new legislation, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Financial Services Union (FSU) outlined its concerns to the Oireachtas enterprise committee that legislative change was essential to keep pace with the rapid technological advances taking place, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence.