‘Dystopian’ surveillance ‘disproportionately targets young, female and minority workers’

The IPPR says women are at higher risk of worker surveillance, with non-unionised women 52% more likely to face surveillance. Photograph: LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images

“Dystopian” worker surveillance techniques are more likely to disproportionately affect young people, women and ethnic minorities, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank warns.

Worker surveillance practices have increasingly become the new normal, with a rise in remote work leading to an escalation in workplace monitoring, according to the report. But it says regulation has not kept up with the reality.