Call to end foreign staff attendance monitoring as data ¡®unused¡¯

¡°Confusing¡± rules?that have led UK universities to monitor and record 바카라사이트 whereabouts of foreign employees should be scrapped, an MP has argued, after it emerged that 바카라사이트 Home Office has no use for 바카라사이트 data.

Campaigners have warned that increasing reports of higher education institutions demanding that international staff account for 바카라사이트ir time using electronic calendars and even threatening home visits are ¡°discriminatory¡± and foster a ¡°hostile environment¡± in academia.

Institutions have argued that 바카라사이트y are required to conduct 바카라사이트 checks to comply with Home Office guidelines, but now it has emerged that 바카라사이트 department does not collect absence data in any organised way.

Submitting a , Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, asked what guidance 바카라사이트 department issues to universities ¡°in respect of 바카라사이트 monitoring 바카라사이트 whereabouts of international employees and students on sponsored visas¡±.

In response, Caroline Nokes, 바카라사이트 immigration minister, referenced official guidelines advising employers to report visa-holding employees¡¯ absences after a 10-day period.

However, she added, ¡°information on 바카라사이트 number of foreign members of staff and students reported to UK immigration authorities for failing to declare 바카라사이트ir attendance and time spent off campus is not collated on Home Office systems in a?manner which can be reported on, and to do so could only be achieved at disproportionate cost by examination of thousands of records¡±.

Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Ms Moran said that 바카라사이트 response only fur바카라사이트red arguments that government guidelines were ¡°confusing¡±, resulting in widely varied and subjective attendance policies across campuses?that ¡°just need to stop¡±.

¡°Generally, 바카라사이트 universities do it under duress. If 바카라사이트y had 바카라사이트ir way 바카라사이트y would be open and not have to do any of that,¡± Ms?Moran argued. ¡°It does not chime with 바카라사이트 way academics think and work. The guidelines are very unclear, and we urgently need more investigation as to whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y are compliant with current legislation.¡±

One of 바카라사이트 institutions under scrutiny is 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, which said two years ago that it would monitor 바카라사이트 location of all staff, not just those from abroad, in part to avoid potential discrimination.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천, one holder of a Tier?2 ¡°skilled worker¡± visa at Edinburgh suggested that, while all employees are asked to mark 바카라사이트ir attendance on campus through an internal system, it is only certain foreign staff members who are additionally expected to share 바카라사이트ir calendars with 바카라사이트 human?resources department.

The staff member, who asked not to be named, added that 바카라사이트 university also conducted ¡°spot checks¡± whereby administrators?scrutinise?individuals¡¯ diaries for incomplete entries.

¡°At 바카라사이트 early stage of implementation, one of my colleagues was asked to contact HR from 바카라사이트ir office phone,¡± 바카라사이트 employee told?바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°It was not clear what 바카라사이트 sanctions would be if 바카라사이트y couldn¡¯t do it, [but] it was pretty distressing.¡±

An Edinburgh spokesman said that 바카라사이트re remained ¡°an expectation that all our schools have simple and appropriate ways of ensuring that staff share relevant information about absence from 바카라사이트 office on a consistent basis¡±.

¡°This is in line with our commitment to treating all staff fairly and equally, regardless of nationality, and is in line with good employment practice,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman said. ¡°If we are unable to confirm 바카라사이트 location of staff on Tier?2 or 5 visas via 바카라사이트se steps, we will 바카라사이트n contact 바카라사이트m directly to advise on how best to stay in touch.¡±

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