Brian K. Lee (brian.k.lee@gartner.com) is a Managing Vice President and Dian Zhang (dian.zhang@gartner.com) is a Research Specialist at Gartner in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

As companies bring employees back to the workplace, many have embraced the once-unpopular decision of collecting employee health data. In June, 59% of 104 legal leaders Gartner polled said they had begun or were considering collecting employees’ self-reported symptoms assessment; more than 50% are doing the same with temperature data.^[1] The numbers are likely higher now.