As more businesses offer&nbsp;hybrid work options, questions about employee productivity are top of mind.

That has some companies turning toward surveillance systems — such as software that can track a user's keyboard&nbsp;activity, or programs that share photos from a user's webcam — to&nbsp;monitor remote employees. According to 

a 2021 report from Toronto Metropolitan University's Cybersecure&nbsp;Policy Exchange

, the practice has become more common during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Critics say tracking remote employees is fraught with privacy and security issues. Starting later this month, 

companies in Ontario with more than 25 employees will be required to disclose

Our question this week: Should your boss track you online? What are your privacy rights while working remotely?

Ontario proposing new law that would require businesses to tell staff how they're being tracked online

The Ontario government is set to introduce a new piece of labour legislation this month that will require employers to tell their workers if they are being electronically monitored.

Plans to provide more Manitobans with faster internet and cell service are on hold as Xplore and Manitoba Hydro are involved in a financial dispute. 

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The proposed policy would require businesses to tell their employees — whether they are in the workplace, in the field or working from home — how the company monitors computers, cellphones, GPS systems and other electronic devices.

Canadians working from home need protection from employer surveillance, Liberal MP says

Canadians' rapid adoption of remote work during the pandemic has left many of them vulnerable to unlawful surveillance by their employers, says a Liberal MP exploring regulatory changes.

Citizen Lab researcher John Scott-Railton said our personal and work data is much easier to hack and harder to defend during the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone is connecting from home. 

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Nearly a quarter of Canadian workers were working from home as of December 2021, according to Statistics Canada.

COVID-19 changed office work. Here's what the 'next normal' looks like as people return

There are signs that more people will be heading into dedicated work spaces across Canada this fall, though office occupancy remains far below its pre-pandemic levels.

Deloitte Canada moved into the Deloitte Summit tower in June which is located at 400 West Georgia Street in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, September 2, 2022. 

Close-up view of portion of exterior of Deloitte Summit tower in Vancouver

An exterior view of Deloitte Canada's new facility in Vancouver is seen Friday. Local employees have moved into the building at a time when the company has shifted toward the 'next normal' of its workplace — namely having its people work under hybrid arrangements.

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The use of software to monitor remote workers has grown during the pandemic. 

Should your boss track you online?

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