Submitted on Monday 21st March 2022
Rejected on Friday 25th March 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban the Bradford Factor to manage sickness absence in the workplace
Make it illegal for UK employers to use "trigger" based sickness absence processes (based on the Bradford Factor) which discriminate against people with chronic, cyclical and fluctuating health conditions.
The Bradford Factor is a formula commonly used in HR to measure employee absence. It's a number that represents how many un-planned absences an employee has taken during the last working year. An employee who takes frequent, short spells of sickness will rack up a higher Bradford Factor than an employee who has less bouts of sickness but tends to take more days off each time. This discriminates against people with chronic health conditions.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise.
Sickness absence policies are a matter for individual employers; however, employers are already required to make reasonable adjustment for disabilities including chronic health conditions, including ensuring that any sickness policies do not discriminate against people in these circumstances.
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