Black and Asian workers ‘more likely to be monitored at work’ than white people

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Black and Asian workers shared their experiences of increased surveillance during the pandemic; 40 per cent, compared to 26 per cent of white workers responded. One in 20 Black and Asian workers said they were subject to facial recognition technology to monitor mood and expression compared to one in 100 of white workers. Not only did Black and Asian workers reporting higher levels of surveillance than their white colleagues, but they could also be subject to discriminatory algorithms being used to make decisions about them at work. open image in gallery Black and Asian workers are more likely to be monitored at work than their white colleagues, the study found It opens up the prospect of more discrimination against Black and Asian workers, however, facial recognition technology often fails to recognise the faces of darker skinned people in the same way as it does white people - as it is typically tested on the latter.