Monitoring employees: what GDPR allows and where abuse begins
Guide to employee monitoring: the conditions set by the Labour Code and GDPR, the proportionality test, prior notice, video cameras, work email and geolocation.
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Guide to employee monitoring: the conditions set by the Labour Code and GDPR, the proportionality test, prior notice, video cameras, work email and geolocation.

Guide to the 4% obligation (Legea 448/2006): who it applies to, how it is calculated, paying the state budget instead, workplace adaptation and additional rights.

AI in HR: where it genuinely helps, why hallucinations are unacceptable for leave and pay, what GDPR says about automated decisions, and when you need deterministic systems.

Retention periods for HR records: the personnel file and contracts, the 5-year rule for payroll registers, what GDPR requires and how to archive electronically.

A practical guide to digitalising time tracking: why Excel becomes a risk, which check-in methods exist (rotating QR, NFC, GPS), how to make the transition and what you gain.

Guide to the employee personnel file: the mandatory documents (HG 500/2011), the contract and its annexes, physical or digital storage rules, GDPR retention and the link with REGES.

What HR digitalisation means for a Romanian SME, how to spot a half-finished one, and why compliance turns it from an option into a necessity.

Clear symptoms that HR records kept in Excel have become a risk: duplicate data, time tracking errors, late REGES filings, GDPR neglected. When to move to dedicated software.

Time tracking and the Labour Code: why it is mandatory (art. 119), what methods exist (paper, RFID/NFC, QR, kiosk, web/mobile) and how to choose the right one.

GDPR for HR teams in Romania: legal grounds for processing employee data, special categories, retention periods, employee rights and practical security measures.