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Absenteeism,thethief of business progress 11/28/2012
A PEX B U S I N E S S A N D M A N A G E M E N T C O N S U L T A N T S L T D
Absenteeism, the thief in businessesSolutions soughtHector C Sikazwe2012
Keywords
Absenteeism, Sickness, Sickie, job satisfaction, Personal problems, Pay rise, innovation, work safety, Skiving, Administrative costs, surveys, CBI. PWC, Government
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Absenteeism,thethief of business progress 11/28/2012
Abstract
People call off from work for a variety of reasons. Some reasons are as silly as “I have lost my
door key and I am locked in and I think the dog has swallowed
it”. Most phone
-in requests forstaying away from work are made from mobile handsets and not fixed lines for obvious reasons.According to the CCH 2007 Unscheduled Absence Survey, only a third of the workforce happensto be genuinely ill when they take an unplanned absence. The other two-thirds of the time,employees are dealing with personal needs (18 %), family issues (22%), entitlement mentality(13%) and stress (13%). American businesses lose an average of 2.8 million work days each yeardue to unplanned absences (U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics)
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. These unscheduled absences costupwards of $74 billion, making it even more critical for employers to understand and quantify howmuch absenteeism costs their business both financially and lost productivity It is vital fororganizations to appreciate what factors drive absenteeism and how to proactively manage theirabsence-prone workforce. This discourse is a small attempt to bring to the fore the issues thatencompass absenteeism and the impact that this vice has on National economies and organizationsin particular.
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ttp://www.nationwidebetterhealth.com/docs/media-kit/outsourcing-absencemgmt.pdf
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Absenteeism,thethief of business progress 11/28/2012
Table of Contents
.................. 52.0 Causes of Absenteeism ........................... 72.1 Personal Factors ................................. 72.2 Workplace Factors ............................ 102.3 Measuring Absenteeism ................... 103.0 Effects on organizations Caused byAbsenteeism ..................................................... 11Decreased Productivity: ............................ 12Demoralized Employees: .......................... 12Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction: .......... 12Financial Costs .......................................... 13Administrative Costs ................................. 134.0 Reducing Absenteeism ......................... 134.1 Averting absenteeism ....................... 144.1.1 Staff engagement ...................... 16Ask employees what they want and need. 17Implement the items that are possible. .... 17Spontaneously and religiously reward greatresults. ...................................................... 17Be aware of employee's life issues. .......... 18Leaders are role models. .......................... 18Provide a good working environment....... 18Keep the lines of communication open..... 18
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Many organisations are struggling to maintain a satisfied workforce that is loyal and committed to corporate goals but are let down by employees who stay away from work almost with wanton. This has caused many organisations…
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