A 2005 study by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute found that 76% of companies monitor employees' use of the Web, and the number of companies that block employees' access to certain Web sites has increased 27% since 2001. ... Chris Gonsalves, an editor for eWeek.com, argues that the technology has changed the terms between employers and employees: "While bosses can easily detect and interrupt watercooler chatter," he writes, "the employee who is shopping at Lands' End or IMing with fellow fantasy baseball managers may actually appear to be working." ...

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