{"id":27547,"date":"2024-02-16T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/?p=27547"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:27:22","slug":"el-control-tecnologico-del-empresario-sobre-la-actividad-laboral-de-los-trabajadores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transferencia.umh.es\/en\/2024\/02\/16\/el-control-tecnologico-del-empresario-sobre-la-actividad-laboral-de-los-trabajadores\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers\u2019 Technological Monitoring of Employees\u2019 Work Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Employers\u2019 Technological Monitoring of Employees\u2019 Work Activities<\/h1>\n

The use of technological tools to monitor employees\u2019 work activities (audio recordings, video recordings, GPS tracking, monitoring internet use, etc.) in order to ensure the smooth running of the business and compliance with employment obligations sometimes conflicts with employees\u2019 fundamental rights. This may prevent the results of such monitoring (recordings, emails, etc.) from being used as evidence in any legal proceedings that may subsequently be brought. It is essential to understand the extent to which employers may monitor their employees\u2019 work activities and the evidential value that the information obtained in this way may have.<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Both employers and employees are provided with information about the types of technological monitoring that employers may introduce in the workplace without infringing employees\u2019 fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

Employers are advised on the requirements and criteria currently applied by the courts to ensure that information obtained through technological monitoring devices (video cameras, GPS devices, internet access monitoring, etc.) can be used as evidence in court without its evidential value being nullified on the grounds that it was obtained in breach of employees\u2019 fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

Employees are advised and informed about the degree of interference with their fundamental rights that they may be expected to tolerate, and where the limits lie that employers must not exceed. The courts recognise employers\u2019 right to use technological tools to monitor work activities in order to ensure the smooth running of the business, but they also place limits on the exercise of these monitoring powers. Employees are provided with information and advice on the limits currently established by the courts to ensure respect for their fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

The advice and information provided take into account:<\/p>\n