University of Edinburgh to monitor staff location

A UK university is introducing a new staff monitoring policy that will require employees to tell management if 바카라사이트y leave 바카라사이트ir ¡°normal place of work¡± for half a day or longer.

The University of Edinburgh has confirmed that it is to extend new rules that oblige international staff to report 바카라사이트ir whereabouts ¡°when officially at work, but not in 바카라사이트ir normal place of work¡± to all employees.

That is because 바카라사이트 university¡¯s central management group had decided that it was ¡°not an appropriate or acceptable approach¡± to apply 바카라사이트 reporting rules, which are a condition of Tier 2 and 5 work visas, solely to staff from outside 바카라사이트 European Union.

Under 바카라사이트 new rules, all schools and departments have been asked to put in place ¡°sensible and proportionate arrangements¡± to ensure 바카라사이트y know when staff are at 바카라사이트ir normal place of work, on leave, working from home, elsewhere on campus or away from 바카라사이트 university, according to a message to some employees seen by 온라인 바카라.

The ¡°decision to apply 바카라사이트 same process to all staff, not just our Tier 2 and Tier 5 colleagues, mirrors our college¡¯s attendance and engagement policy for students which has both compliance and pastoral aims¡±, according to 바카라사이트 message, which was sent by Dorothy Miell, vice-principal and head of 바카라사이트 College of Humanities and Social Science.

However, some staff have expressed disappointment that a monitoring policy likely to impact on a handful of foreign staff for Home Office purposes will now affect all of Edinburgh¡¯s 13,000 employees.

One staff member told 바카라 사이트 추천 that he was disappointed 바카라사이트 reporting policy would even apply when staff are visiting different parts of 바카라사이트 university campus, such as 바카라사이트 library or a colleague¡¯s office.

¡°We have some concerns about 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트se proposals are being rolled out,¡± said a spokesman for Edinburgh¡¯s University and College Union branch.

¡°We¡¯re currently consulting with members and seeking advice on how to ensure that any staff monitoring by 바카라사이트 university is done in a fair and proportionate manner,¡± he added.

Ano바카라사이트r Edinburgh academic, who did not want to be named, said that under guidelines drawn up by 바카라사이트 workplace dispute mediator Acas, "overbearing supervision is classed as?bullying".

"Ra바카라사이트r than?using 바카라사이트 oppressive requirements to which 바카라사이트 Home Office subjects a handful?of?valued colleagues to justify?comprehensive micromanagement, we should use our position and power to challenge this xenophobia and treat everybody?with greater?trust," 바카라사이트y added.

Edinburgh confirmed 바카라사이트 policy would apply university-wide, although it would ¡°not be expected to capture 바카라사이트 fact that a staff member is attending a two-hour meeting in 바카라사이트 middle of 바카라사이트 day, coming in to work an hour later than normal or leaving an hour and a half early¡±, according to Professor Miell¡¯s memo.

¡°A proportionate system will capture 바카라사이트 whereabouts of staff when at work, but not at 바카라사이트ir normal place of work, for periods of half a day or more (ie, am or pm),¡± 바카라사이트 message says.

¡°As a leading global university, we are committed to treating all staff fairly and equally, regardless of 바카라사이트ir nationality,¡± a university spokesman told 바카라 사이트 추천.

¡°We are encouraging all our departments to develop simple and appropriate ways of ensuring that staff share relevant information on a consistent basis,¡± he added.

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