About

Fifty notes on screenshot monitoring and proof of work, written for both sides of a contracting relationship.

Who it is for

Independent contractors asked to accept time tracking, and the clients who require it.

This is not employment monitoring. There is no employment law between the parties — there is a contract, an invoice, and whatever trust has been built.

The position

A screenshot shows a moment and not the work. Both parties treat it as stronger evidence than it is.

What the client wants to know is whether the work is progressing, and three written lines a week answer that completely.

The cost falls on both sides, and most of it appears on no invoice.

Written for both sides

Not against clients and not for contractors. Both have reasons, and both get the bill.

The line this collection holds

It explains what proof of work proves, how to negotiate it, and how to structure an engagement so it is unnecessary.

It does not explain how to defeat time tracking. Those methods do not help a contractor measured unfairly — their remedies are terms agreed in advance, their own record, and a conversation, all of which are here. They help somebody billing for hours they did not work.

What the core notes deliberately avoid

Product rankings inside the core notes. Named comparisons live in separate tool guides.

Figures for how common this is, because those surveys come from the platforms.

Nothing here is legal advice

Contract law and contractor status differ substantially by jurisdiction.

About this domain

This address previously belonged to a Florida regional planning council, which has moved to arpc.org. There is a page about that.