White House seeks information on tools used for automated employee surveillance: The information will be used to ascertain if employers are violating antitrust and privacy laws, including whether companies use technologies to artificially reduce wages.

"Employers are increasingly investing in technologies that monitor and track workers, and making workplace decisions based on that information", the OSTP announced in a blog on Monday. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) will soon release a public request for information (RFI) to learn more about the automated tools employers use to surveil, monitor, evaluate, and manage workers. [Extracted from the article]

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