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Product news: Keep track of habitual sickie offenders by phone

What is it? GPS phone tracker - KoolTrax - by Blue Tree Services.

Why should you buy it? According to the CBI, 13% of all days lost tosickness are not genuine, costing UK businesses an estimated 1.2billion a year. Staff who phone in sick, but then actually go shopping,can now be caught by bosses who can turn their work mobile phones intoGPS trackers. Since 2005, (in response to terror attacks and the need tobe able to locate people), all mobile phone carriers have been requiredto be able to trace phone calls within 100m or less. Although mostmobiles do not allow users to access their own GPS data, the GPSco-ordinates they contain can be tracked by bosses by downloading BlueTree Services's software that tunes into phones' whereabouts. There isno limit to the number of KoolTrax beacons bosses can watch on their PC.Blue Tree Services also says the product has most benefit in protectinglone or vulnerable workers, or where safety procedures demandup-to-the-minute knowledge of where workers are.

What does it cost? 39.95

Where can I get it? www.bluetreeservices.co.uk.