Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » National legislation » Great Britain: banking group Barclays trials staff ‘surveillance’ software Great Britain: banking group Barclays trials staff ‘surveillance’ software Barclays, one of the UK’s largest banks, has incurred the wrath of some of its staff in recent days after it installed software on their computers to assess their time spent working and their productivity. As reported in the evening of 19 February, by free business-focused newspaper City AM, this method of monitoring staff performance was trialled in a single department at the bank’s London headquarters. However it has provoked such a media storm that Barclays decided to abandon the trial after only a week. Through . Published on 24 February 2020 à 11h42 - Update on 24 February 2020 à 11h42 Resources “Not enough time in the Zone yesterday!” It is precisely this kind of message that employees in the product control department of Barclays’ investment banking business may have received this week, after a special software was installed on computers.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageEmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels