STAFF at a Tesco warehouse forced to wear digital arm-band devices that constantly monitor their performance
Workers at the distribution centre in Donabate in Dublin claim they got lower scores on the rating system if they keyed in that they went to the toilet or took a break.
Tesco said there was a ‘break’ function on the devices that was used to log stoppages, but denied it had any impact on productivity scores.
Known as arm-mounted terminals (AMTs), workers said that the Motorola devices were used to monitor the performance of ‘order pickers’, who load supplies, and forklift drivers.
They are not used by managers, administrative workers or security staff.
They said the device instructs employees how to pick their orders by scanning barcodes and stacking goods on a trolley.
