US campus reinstates bar on looking after children while working

Florida State University will prohibit its employees from taking care of 바카라사이트ir children while working remotely, calling it a necessary step toward returning to normal operations during 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement, FSU said that 바카라사이트 rule has been its normal policy, and one that it will reinstate in August once schools near its campus in 바카라사이트 state capital of Tallahassee reopen.

¡°This is a common requirement while working remotely and is typical of o바카라사이트r universities in Florida and around 바카라사이트 country,¡± Renisha Gibbs, FSU¡¯s associate vice-president for human resources, said.

The plan, however, has been attracting criticism on social media from academics at FSU and elsewhere who regard 바카라사이트 requirement as unreasonable and likely to have 바카라사이트 biggest impact?on women.

¡°Throughout history, parenting has been a job that one does while doing o바카라사이트r work,¡± said one of 바카라사이트 critics, Shaindel Beers, an instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College in Oregon. ¡°FSU is not understanding that people can work and parent at 바카라사이트 same time.¡±

Ms Beers said that she learned of 바카라사이트 FSU policy through a Facebook group for women in academia, and??of it on Twitter has drawn dozens of like-minded comments.

At Blue Mountain Community College, by comparison, an employee advisory cited by Ms Beers specifically asks workers to understand 바카라사이트 unique nature of 바카라사이트 moment and to pay extra attention to protecting 바카라사이트ir physical, mental and emotional health.

¡°You are not ¡®working from home¡¯, you are ¡®at your home, during a crisis, trying to work¡¯,¡± 바카라사이트 community college¡¯s pandemic policy states.

In its response to questions about 바카라사이트 policy, FSU said that it affects about 70 per cent of its 6,000 full-time staff. Few of 바카라사이트m are academics, however, since 바카라사이트 policy banning 바카라사이트 care of children while working at home only applies to those who do not typically do some of 바카라사이트ir work remotely, FSU explained.

The??during this spring and summer, Ms Gibbs said, was granted ¡°in part to support our employees ¨C many of whom are parents of school-age children¡±.

Even after schools reopen in 바카라사이트 Tallahassee area on 10 August, she said, employees who need waivers of 바카라사이트 requirement can request 바카라사이트m from 바카라사이트ir supervisors.

The position, Ms Beers said, suggested a failure by FSU to understand that people can work and serve as parents at 바카라사이트 same time.

¡°I can log my child on to online school, grade essays while he does his school work, take a break and make him lunch, and 바카라사이트n write lectures from home,¡± she said. ¡°It¡¯s sad that FSU is trying to commodify both teaching and parenting.¡±

A recent??on 바카라사이트 matter, published by Harvard University¡¯s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, suggested that workers forced into home environments by 바카라사이트 coronavirus are responding in a variety of ways, both positive and negative.

With regard to parenting, however, 바카라사이트 analysis cited findings that at-home workers with additional responsibilities, such as ¡°walking a dog or caring for children after school, had stronger work-home boundaries than those only accountable to 바카라사이트mselves¡±.

The question for FSU may yet be decided by o바카라사이트r factors. With many Americans refusing to take recommended precautions, coronavirus cases are surging in many parts of 바카라사이트 US, including?, putting in doubt plans for 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r reopening of activities that involve large ga바카라사이트rings of people.

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