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Dear School of Oriental and African Studies,

I am requesting the following under the Freedom of Information Act:

1a. Have any staff at the institution, who could do their work from home, been given notice that they will be required to return to your campuses for one or more days per week?

1b. If ‘yes’ to 1a, what is the date by which those members of staff have been told they must return to campus? If different staff have been told different dates, please provide the earliest date.

1c. If ‘yes’ to 1a, has the requirement to return to campus for those members of staff concerned been discussed with the elected representatives of the recognised industrial union(s) of those members of staff?

1d. If ‘yes’ to 1c, did the recognised industrial union representatives of those members of staff agree to the requirement being imposed?

2a. Over the last 12 months, please list the dates when two or more union-appointed health and safety representatives have requested in writing that you set up a health and safety committee.

2b. Over the last 12 months please list the dates when the health and safety committee met.

Yours faithfully,

John Thompson

Information Compliance Manager, School of Oriental and African Studies

Dear John Thompson,

Thank you for your request for information which has been received by
SOAS.

We will provide you with the School’s response as soon as possible and
within 20 working days of the date of your request.

Yours sincerely,
David Ogden
Information Compliance Manager
Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
[1][email address]   | [2][SOAS request email] 
[3]http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp

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Information Compliance Manager, School of Oriental and African Studies

FOI2021/101

 

Dear John Thompson,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request of 19th May 2021. I
have reproduced your questions below in bold together with SOAS’s response
in-line.

1a. Have any staff at the institution, who could do their work from home,
been given notice that they will be required to return to your campuses
for one or more days per week?

No - no member of SOAS staff who can complete their work fully from home
has been given notice that they will be required to return to campus for
one or more days per week

1b. If ‘yes’ to 1a, what is the date by which those members of staff have
been told they must return to campus? If different staff have been told
different dates, please provide the earliest date.

1c. If ‘yes’ to 1a, has the requirement to return to campus for those
members of staff concerned been discussed with the elected representatives
of the recognised industrial union(s) of those members of staff?

1d. If ‘yes’ to 1c, did the recognised industrial union representatives of
those members of staff agree to the requirement being imposed?

2a. Over the last 12 months, please list the dates when two or more
union-appointed health and safety representatives have requested in
writing that you set up a health and safety committee.

We have an established Health & Safety Committee which meets termly and
both UCU & UNISON have a place, along with the Students' Union.

2b. Over the last 12 months please list the dates when the health and
safety committee met.

In the last 12 months the committee met on 16th June 2020, 21st October
2020 and 3rd March 2021.

Your right to appeal

I hope that you are satisfied with this response, but if you are not you
may request an internal review by writing to me at the following address
within 40 working days of receipt of this response:

 

Information Compliance Manager

SOAS, University of London

Thornhaugh Street

Russell Square

London WC1H 0XG

United Kingdom

 

Email: [1][SOAS request email]

 

If it does not prove possible to resolve your complaint informally, I will
arrange for a formal review of the handling of your request according to
the School's procedures. These can be found on SOAS's website at
[2]http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp/foi/appea....

 

If you are dissatisfied with SOAS's response following this internal
review, you can apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision on
whether your request has been dealt with in accordance with the
requirements of the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental
Information Regulations. The Commissioner will normally require you to
have gone through our internal review process first before they consider
your appeal. If the Commissioner finds in your favour, the Commissioner
can require SOAS to release the information to you. The Commissioner can
be contacted at the following address:

 

Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

United Kingdom

 

Further information about your right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner is available on the Commissioner's website
([3]http://www.ico.org.uk/).

 

Yours sincerely, 

David Ogden

Information Compliance Manager 

Information and Technology Directorate
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
[4][email address]   | [5][SOAS request email] 
[6]http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp

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Middle East
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