Today’s organizations have more data about their employees than ever before, and the volume and variety of accessible information continues to grow. There are two key drivers behind this shift.
Why Your Organization Needs a Bill of Rights for Employee Data
The boundaries between personal and employee data will continue to blur as technology advances and worker expectations shift. An employee data bill of rights — consistently enforced and transparently communicated — will help organizations unlock the full potential of their data resources to both support employees as humans and achieve their business goals. It should consist of four key concepts: the right to purpose (meaning there’s a legitimate business purpose to collect the data); the right to minimization (that the employer won’t collect more data than it needs); the right to fairness (that data will be used to reinforce equity in the workplace); and the right to awareness (that the employer will be clear about what data is being used for what purpose).