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Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking

Report claims new tracking starts May 13 with unclear consequences.

Now The Register reports that Dell will track employees' badge swipes and VPN connections to confirm that workers are in the office for a significant amount of time. The Register reported that Dell "plans to make weekly site visit data from its badge tracking available to employees through the corporation's human capital management software and to give them color-coded ratings that summarize their status." News of Dell's upcoming tracking methods comes amid growing concern about the potentially invasive and aggressive tactics companies have implemented as workers resist RTO policies.

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