Jrorking life is undergoing a rransformation in rhe sense rhar wffiî.'iiiilJ:;Hf fi:ï1ïïïïä'IJi:Xiîi,1#,i:ïï' regardless of whether those affected are quarifìeJproGssiorr"r, o, raborers, The framework that previously ,.gur"t.å the .ont.nt of work, as wel as when, where and how it wourd be conducted, is being reconsiáered, one aspect of new digital technologies concerns th" *rrrrr"i in which the work process is being monitored and controlled. workplace monitoring has existed for a rong time in different shapes ancl forms' Depending on the modes of production, worþrace monitoring has assumed various forms,_from counting and weighing orrrpu, "rrJ p"y,,'.rr, by_piece rare in pre-industrial socierylo clocking in and'punching out in industrial sociery @all, 2010; Negrey, 2012).In otherwords: surveinance in the workplace is nor a noverty (Lyor, 20r3/1gg4). Seen from the rogic of capitalism, it is not incongruous or unreasonable to expect that employers both have rights and reason to do so. However, in todayt workng life, many employees use companyllsitrt equipment privately as well as påGssionafly (Table 12'2; cf Paulsen, 2014). earùyìn r.rpårrr. ro rhis, there is an increasing availabiliry of relatively inexpensive and easy to use technology, such as sofrware monitoringprograms, which enable employers to expand rh. ,..rg" and scope of their control over their employees'".tiøti., (Fair-weather, iD6o¡.-This chapter aims ro higtrright worþlace moniroring in the digital era, which includes, for example, internet and email monitorini, rocation tracking, biometrics, and covert surveillance. The increase in potential methods to 181