The Supreme Court is slated to offer a ruling any day now regarding the right of business owners and managers to rely on employee monitoring when they need to ensure workplace compliance.

And by all accounts it appears that employers are going to win.

According to the LA Times' piece on the case, three police officers and one other employee believed that their right to privacy was ignored when their police department read racy text messages they sent through department devices.

However, what the court appears to support is the employers right to protect itself with employee monitoring.

And rightfully so.

Employers and managers have many things to worry about, including compliance, sexual harassment on the job, the loss of billable hours, employee theft, and more.

And in each case employee monitoring software can prevent these problems.

Whether it's inappropriate instant messages, use of workplace computers to view indecent materials, the theft of sensitive materials, or even just too much time spent loafing on the job, employers and business owners are on the hook for millions of dollars lost, and legal punishment for failure to meet compliance.

As the article says, by upholding the right of employers to monitor employees "the decision could affect workers and workplaces nationwide."

Mainly, by making workplaces more secure, more comfortable, and more productive.