aceCalls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
Employers are increasingly using technology, from CCTV to keystroke monitoring, to track workers’ moves and it is being accelerated by the use of AI, the Human Technology Institute has warned. Examples provided to Guardian Australia by the institute include a fast-food restaurant using surveillance cameras to stop workers using their phones, and AI tracking leading to a cashier warned over making a mistake once every 533 scans. In a report released on Tuesday, the University of Technology Sydney institute said w…
AI-assisted workplace monitoring has led to disciplinary action over a tiny error rate and changed staff behaviour, while Privacy Act exemptions leave workers with limited protection and often little awareness of being monitored.
The examples come from consultations with an unnamed fast-food chain and a union submission about one cashier, so they are illustrative rather than measured evidence of how widespread AI monitoring is.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-19
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