Yes, you should monitor your remote workers – but not because you don’t trust them

The FBI saw a 300% increase in reported cybercrime attacks since Covid-19. Photograph: Pictorman/Alamy

Should you be monitoring your work-from-home employees? Yes, but not for the reasons you might suspect.

According to a recent report in the New York Times, eight of the 10 largest private US employers are using software and other technologies to track the productivity of their employees in the office and at home.