Companies have powerful new tools to track employees and monitor their productivity ... They say many are under pressure to meet time standards that are unfair and putting safety at risk.
There is currently no federal law requiring organizations to give their employees time off to vote during working hours. However, 28 states and the District of Columbia do have such laws.
Tracking techniques can reduce the amount of time workers spend on non-work, such as chatting at the water cooler onsite or surfing social media remotely. Such monitoring could even help employers ...