{"id":1728,"date":"2019-09-24T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empmonitor.in\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:13:02","slug":"monitor-your-employees-legally-and-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empmonitor.com\/blog\/monitor-your-employees-legally-and-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways To Monitor Your Employees Legally And Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever thought of monitoring the activities of the staff in your office? It’s natural for an employer to be concerned about the productivity<\/a> <\/span>at his workplace. In such a case, employee monitoring can be a big help to check whether the staff is doing their work properly or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

People might be thinking that a bit of Internet surfing won’t cause any problems. But in reality, even a few minutes of Internet surfing each day can cause massive production loss for any small and mid-size enterprises.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, keeping a keen eye on employees can’t be considered as effective monitoring. It can make them feel insecure, and they might lose their morale and confidence. On some extent, it can also create legal issues for your organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

To <\/span>monitor your employees legally<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/span> and effectively, here are shown some ways which you can check:-<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tell Your Employees Before:-<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

You should tell your employees that you are monitoring the work progress of their computer. Nowadays, many of the companies mention the monitoring policy of their company in the employee’s contract. That way, you can make sure that your staff agrees to the rights of the organisation to peek on their productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s important to be more specific and clear to employees about why and how you are monitoring them. It will help you to avoid any paranoia at your workplace. And you would be able to take action against employees who are slacking, checking their phones and emails in their work hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check Websites And Apps Used:-<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Nowadays, most of the companies are using employee monitoring software which allows them to check the websites and apps used by their employees. Using this feature, you can also ensure the security against data breaching<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> or other data threats in your company. Indeed there is always a chance that your employee may fall for the phishing trap of your competitors. Moreover, it will also help you to know about the idle apps and websites which are attracting attention to kill the production of your company. While later, you can also block such apps and sites to avoid any <\/span>truancy <\/span>and idle behaviour from your staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

To enhance the data security at your workplace, what you need is the best employee monitoring system. That will not only prevent your organisation from any phishing traps, but it also observes the activities happening on employees PC.<\/span><\/p>\n

To keep it simple, you should invest in an advanced and powerfull employee monitoring system. Just link EmpMonitor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we have shown how you can increase the data security of your organisation and reduce the chances of internal data breaching at your workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Keep Your Company Data Secure Using EmpMonitor?<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

EmpMonitor is easy to install a cloud-based monitoring tool. Using this tool, you can track employees activities while working online. To start using this tool for securing the data of your organisation, these are the steps which you should follow:-<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Log in to the dashboard page of the EmpMonitor in your web-browser of your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you don’t remember the login password, you can click on the forgot your password. It will send you the link to create a new password through email.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/span><\/h4>\n

After logging in to the dashboard page, here on the left side, you will find the security option.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tap on security, and it will make two more options appear – Firewall and Desktop Control.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 5:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Go to the Firewall option. Here also you have two more options – Add Rules and Categories\/Domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 6:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Tap on the Add Rules option. It will bring you to the Firewall rules page. Here you can create Firewall rules for your organisation, which can filter the incoming and outgoing web-traffic of the computers in your office.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here you can set the rules to avoid any unwanted communication and traffic from the domain which can harm the internal data of your organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To create a rule, tap on “Add Rule”. A create rule window will pop-up where you need to fill the details about Firewall rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 9:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Here, you can choose the categories and domains from which you want to protect the network of your organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 10:<\/span><\/h4>\n

There you also have the option to target Firewall security based on the work, department and the name of the employees. You can also select the days on which you want to work these Firewall rules<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 11:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Here, you also have the option to delete unwanted Firewall rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now tap on the Firewall again, and click on the second option – Categories\/Domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 13:<\/span><\/h4>\n

It will take you to the page where you can view and manage domains and categories for which you want to apply Firewall restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 14:<\/span><\/h4>\n

From here, you can add or remove domains for your Firewall security rules to work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 15:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Tap on the security button again and click on the option next to Firewall – DesktopControl.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 16:<\/span><\/h4>\n

It will take you to the page where you can see all the employees working in your organisation under different departments and at different locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From here, you can control the computer activities of your every single employee.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 18:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Under the action section, you have the tool option. Tap on that, and it will show you the actions which you can perform on your employees’ computer (like Shutdown, Restart, Logoff, Lock Computer, Unlock Computer, Disable and Enable task manager etc).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 19:<\/span><\/h4>\n

In case you want to control the computer of several employees at once. You can select the target location and the department. It will show you all the employees working in that location for that particular department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 20:<\/span><\/h4>\n

On the right side, you have the section “Select” under which you will find a checkbox beside every employee’s details.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 21:<\/span><\/h4>\n

From here, you can select the employees to control the activities on their computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just above the employee details, you have another action button using which you can universally control the system of employees you have selected.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are the steps following which you can keep the important data of your company secure using EmpMonitor. While if you want to know more, you can check out this video.<\/span><\/p>\n

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