| The Bradford Factor is a unique formula that enables | | | | Factor deters employees from taking unwarranted |
| you to identify employees whose “little and | | | | sick days. |
| often” absences are damaging your business. | | | | Knowing it will give them a high Bradford Factor score, |
| By giving each of your employees a rating based on | | | | staff are discouraged from calling in sick when they're |
| the number and length of their absences, it enables | | | | not really ill, especially if their organisation has a |
| you to differentiate between employees on legitimate | | | | “trigger” system in place whereby mandatory |
| sick leave and those who are disrupting your business | | | | action is taken against employees whose score |
| by taking too many ‘sickies.' | | | | reaches a certain level. |
| Its calculation,: E x E x D, where E is the number of | | | | Why use LeaveMaster to calculate the Bradford |
| episodes of absence and D the total number of days | | | | Factor? |
| absent, gives a rating to each employee based on the | | | | Calculating the Bradford Factor manually or using a |
| number and length of their absences over a rolling 52 | | | | spreadsheet, for every employee across an |
| week period; with employees with many short leaves | | | | organisation, is cumbersome, complicated and laborious. |
| penalized more than those with a small number of | | | | And to be effective as a deterrent and if the statistics |
| long-term absences. | | | | are to be used in disciplinary hearings, the process for |
| So if an employee is off for 10 straight days on | | | | calculating the Bradford Factor needs to be full-proof |
| long-term sick leave, but this is their only episode of | | | | and the data indisputable. But the exponential nature of |
| absence in a year, their Bradford Factor will only be 10: | | | | the formula means that even the smallest mistake can |
| 1 x 1 x 10 = 10 | | | | double or triple an employee's score, leading to |
| But if another employee takes a one-off sick day on | | | | unwarranted disciplinary action and a possible loss of |
| ten different occasions over a year, their Bradford | | | | confidence in the system. |
| Factor will be 1000: | | | | To free you of the burdensome administration time |
| 10 x10 x 10 = 1000 | | | | and potential for error that comes with calculating the |
| This would highlight the need to address the situation | | | | Bradford Factor manually, LeaveMaster automatically |
| with the employee. | | | | calculates the ongoing Bradford Factor score for |
| How does The Bradford Factor reduce absenteeism? | | | | every employee in your organisation for you; even |
| As well as providing managers and HR departments | | | | intuitively taking into account non-working days such as |
| with clear evidence of absenteeism, the Bradford | | | | weekends and bank holidays. |