Cognizant is reportedly introducing new monitoring systems to track employee activity on company-issued laptops and PCs. According to the Mint, select employees are being introduced to workforce-management tools like ProHance, which monitor mouse and keyboard usage to gauge productivity. These steps, initiated about a month ago, highlight a growing focus on micro-tracking.

The monitoring system logs inactivity based on set metrics. The report states that an employee will be marked "idle" if there is no keyboard or mouse activity for more than 300 seconds (5 minutes). Moreover, if an employee's PC or laptop remains idle for 15 minutes, the employee will be marked as engaged in "activities away from the system." The rollout of the new monitoring systems will vary from team to team, accordin

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