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Some countries have laws that require companies to disclose what they monitor about their employees. That seems fair.

That really needs to be combined with strong protections for the employees to be effective. If you can be fired at the drop of a hat for no reason, many other protections become very moot.

How would this work? If you're on company time it's very hard to argue you have an expectation of privacy, especially on company devices.

Historically you have had at least some expectation of privacy. Because cameras didn't exist or weren't economical. You weren't being watched 24/7. So that type of thing can work and be effective for a business.

The extreme granularity of visibility and control employers have is a very new phenomenon. No doubt they benefit from it, but whether it's mutually beneficial is up for debate.

Germany does it pretty well.

Not a good idea. Employees and employers should both be free to end the relationship at any time as long as it’s not for discrimination of a protected class. Otherwise you end up with a rigid system where there’s even more loss aversion involved in hiring than there already is.

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