- Conference
- 2007 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 14 December 2006
- Decision
- Carried
Conference is appalled by the continuing discrimination by employers in the National Health Service towards disabled members when using Sickness Absence policies. Many Employers in both Private and Public Sectors of the NHS carry the two tick logo.
Schemes like the ‘Bradford Factor’, where a disabled Members could pick up 1000’s of points with ongoing treatment for their disability, place staff under massive pressure to reduce their score below a trigger point, (normally of the low 100’s). Some Members even use their annual leave entitlement to try to keep their sickness absence down. This could cause unnecessary stress to staff and may even lead to dismissal.
Conference calls upon the Service Group Executive Committee to Campaign against this discrimination and to work with Health Branches and to ensure that Employers use Sickness absence schemes that do not discriminate against thousands of NHS Staff.
Conference also calls upon the Service Group Executive Committee to Campaign for the introduction, by employers, of positive policies such as Disability Leave Schemes.