Employers are getting frustrated; paying their employees to work while they are actually playing games and checking their Facebook accounts. The problem is that these employees need Internet access in order to do their jobs and the employer does not have time to stand over employees monitoring their Internet usage. In essence, countless hours are lost to needless Internet activities in the work place. Well…employers are getting savvier while technology is providing some assistance.

There are new employee internet monitoring services coming on the scene that can monitor employee’s Internet activity at their workplace. The program can monitor and report Internet usage, websites visited, games played and applications used. The report can be emailed back to the boss’s computer or mobile device showing the previous days Internet usage for each employee. Not only is the program sophisticated but inexpensive as well, as little as $20 per month.

What about legal issues while using the software to monitor an employee? The software only monitors and reports on the application name, document, and amount of active time the employee used it. It does not monitor or collect screenshots, keystrokes, e-mails, or any personally identifiable information. If you feel your employees may be goofing off a little too much on the Internet, let technology give you a helping hand.