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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:58 pm    Post subject: More Employers Scanning Workers' Hands... Reply with quote

More Employers Scanning Workers' Hands, full story here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/tech/main3971652.shtml?source=mostpop_story
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We've been using one of these at my job for around two years now I think.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On one hand, I can see their point about cutting down on fraud, such as employees falsifying actual hours worked. But on the other hand, it is downright creepy. What next? Eyeball scanning?
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