PwC tracks UK office attendance with ‘traffic light’ dashboard

A worker at a desk. PwC company policy requires staff to spend three days a week, or 60% of their time, with clients or in the office. Photograph: Gary John Norman/Getty Images/Image Source

The big four accountancy firm PwC has intensified the way it tracks how often its UK employees come into the office by monitoring swipes of work passes and connections to wifi, prompting concerns among staff.

Bosses use a dashboard to record attendance and check whether workers are adhering to the company policy that requires them to spend three days a week, or 60% of their time, with clients or in the office.