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Worker surveillance tools may be unfair trade practice, US FTC's Bedoya says

By Amy Miller ( November 18, 2024, 23:08 GMT | Insight) -- Companies' use of certain worker surveillance and algorithmic management tools may constitute unfair trade practices under both federal and state law, said Alvaro Bedoya, a Democratic member of the US Federal Trade Commission. There’s been an explosion of companies using these systems to track employees, and it’s more than plausible that some may substantially injure employees in ways they can’t avoid, Bedoya said. Companies' use of certain worker surveillance and algorithmic management tools may constitute unfair trade practices, Alvaro Bedoya, a Democratic member of the US Federal Trade Commission, said today....

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