In Germany, you need to document clear and reasonable suspicion of the employee doing something shady before you can monitor them (especially without their cons

In Germany, you need to document clear and reasonable suspicion of the employee doing something shady before you can monitor them (especially without their consent). It's not fundamentally illegal, but the rights of the employee also weigh in heavily and need to be outweighed before you can start e.g. recording their screen without their consent.