Cyprus DPA banns automated scoring of employee sick leaves

The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (Cypriot SA) banned the processing and fined LGS Handling Ltd, Louis Travel Ltd and Louis Aviation Ltd (Louis Group of Companies) for a total amount of EUR 82,000.00, concerning the lack of legal basis of “Bradford Factor” tool, which was used to score sick leaves of employees.

The reasoning behind Bradford’s Factor automated system for scoring employees’ sick leave was that short, frequent, and unplanned absences lead to a higher disorganising of the company rather than longer absences.

Source: The Cypriot Supervisory Authority banned the processing of an automated tool, used for scoring sick leaves of employees, known as the “Bradford Factor’’ and subsequently fined the controller | European Data Protection Board