A Proposed Bill of Rights for the Remote Worker

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The past year has seen millions of employees transition to remote work, often under pretty rotten conditions. Technology researcher Alexandra Samuel proposes a work-from-home Bill of Rights—including the right to remain off-camera and unsurveilled.

The past year has seen millions of employees transition to remote work—often under pretty rotten conditions. It’s time to change that.

There is, unfortunately, no work-from-home equivalent of a Miranda warning: a list of the rights employees can expect as remote workers to ensure their fair treatment in the new workplace. There is no “Law & Order: Work From Home,” where bosses can hear over and over the conditions that will make for a satisfying and sustainable work-from-home arrangement.

So as a longtime remote worker, let me offer my own work-from-home Bill of Rights. Feel free to add your own conditions. Then, let the lobbying begin!Yes, your home is now your workplace—but that doesn’t mean it belongs to your boss. You have a right to privacy, both from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and after hours. Your employer should not use webcams, key logging, excessive online check-ins or a camera disguised as a teddy bear as a way of monitoring your work hours or productivity.

 

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🙂 In 80s,1 guy had a remote RI service territory. Boss got to that area, visiting customers, asking how 'Joe' was at handling their acct. WHO? 'JOE, your service guy' 'WHO?' Joe rarely got a svc call & had taken ANOTHER full time job LONG ago. He was getting paid by US & THEM!

There are so many digital signatures to keep track of productivity, visual surveillance is just rudimentary and intrusive. It lacks creativity and concentrates on physical control. Kinda reminds of building a wall at the border. Old school

WFH should not have such rigid rules. If your work done to a satisfactory standard, then why on Earth should you be surveilled? 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Rotten conditions? Who prefers to deal with commute, lunch hour, bad weather going to work, annoying distractions in the office. And yes, if you go to work you have to show your face.

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