Canadian lender TD tells some employees it will use software to monitor their work

Toronto-Dominion Bank told some employees working in its financial crimes and risk management team that it would run software to track their work, ​prompting questions around consent and privacy in the workplace as the ​Canadian lender tries to increase productivity, according to a recording of a team call reviewed by Reuters and a ​document TD shared with employees.

The program will track the time employees spend on browsers and internal chat and meeting applications, according to the recording.