Tesco Monitors Employees With Motorola Armbands - Businessweek

Would it have been less controversial if they'd used Fitbits and touted health benefits?

"There’s a fine line between micromanaging and house arrest, and British grocery store chain Tesco (TSCO) seems determined to cross it. According to the Irish Independent, employees at the company’s Dublin distribution center are forced to wear armbands that measure their productivity so closely that the company even knows when they take a bathroom break."

Tesco Monitors Employees With Motorola Armbands - Businessweek