Results: RFID and Identity Management in everyday life - ITAS

down on personnel during the recent telecom crash. Now business is improving, the workload
increases while few new staff is hired. Overwork was claimed to be incidental, but, with the time
registration in hand, the Working Council demonstrated is was structural, for some even beyond
the boundaries set by labour laws. [2]
During our visit at the office, some employees suggested the system could be expanded to enable
Private Printing. This involves the printer down the hall being sensitive to the presence of the
person giving the print command. This will not only prevent sensitive material being read by
others, but will also cut down on the huge pile of prints that are never collected. [3]
ID issue The system was applied foremost as a security system (evacuation and theft prevention) but soon
evolved as a tracking and time registration device. During the implementation phase complaints
and worries were expressed by a small number of employees, some claiming it to be a Big
Brother system. These matters were addressed by the Workers Council and soon the discomfort
faded away. Afterwards, the time registration system was even used to advantage of the staff to
show how much overwork they were performing. [2]
Sources [1] “Handsfree toegangscontrole draagt zorg voor tijdsregistratie en evacuatiemanagement”
www.transquest.com
[2] Interview with Jan Vet, Technical Project Manager Operations and member of the Workers
Council.
{3] conversations with Alcatel personnel passing down the hall
[4] www.alcatel.nl
[5] Alcatel Workers Council questionnaire on the new access system, 31 January 2005
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