Unison, a union for Westminster City Council workers, has told the council to boycott the use of biometric time clocks to replace standard punch card clocks due to a lack of consultation prior to their installation as well as union members being suspicious over the council’s ability to properly safeguard the data, according to a Public Service article.
Dean Ingledew, Westminster’s director of community protection, is hoping the city will have the technology up and running soon as it is expected to help alert proper people if someone working alone at night goes missing. Unison, however, refutes that statement as they say no one in the union works alone. Additionally, Unison refutes the claim that the biometric systems will be used for access control as none of the units have been installed at doors as of yet, only within offices. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/thirdfactor-4.gif)
