Monitoring of overseas university staff in UK ‘discriminatory’

Checking on the whereabouts of international employees only may breach the Equality Act, campaigners say

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June 20, 2018

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June 20, 2018

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Hounded: fair employment campaigners say attendance checks on foreign staff members go ‘too far’ and create a ‘hostile environment’ in academia

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