Employee Absenteeism
Its an article on how to control Employee Absenteeism.
Employee Absenteeism is the absence of
an employee from work. Its a major problem faced by almost all
employers of today. Employees are absent from work and thus the work
suffers. Absenteeism of employees from work leads to back logs ,
piling of work and thus work delay. There are various laws been
enacted for safeguarding the interest of both Employers and Employees
but they too have various constraints.
Absenteeism is of two types -
Innocent Absenteeism
Culpable Absenteeism
Innocent absenteeism ? Is
one in which the employee is absent from work due to genuine cause
or reason. It may be due to his illness or personal family problem
or any other real reason
Culpable Absenteeism ? is
one in which a person is absent from work without any genuine reason
or cause. He may be pretending to be ill or just wanted a holiday
and stay at home.
The employers have got every right to
enquire as to why an employee is absent from work. If an employee is
absent because of illness he should be able to produce a doctor’s
letter as and when demanded.
There are various reasons for Employees
to remain absent from work -
Lack of satisfaction from present
work
Poor working conditions
Dominating Boss & Seniors
Non Cooperating peers
Higher expectation
No growth prospects in present
Company
Work Stress
Its the duty of employer to find out as
to why his employee is absent.
There are various measures an employer
can take to reduce absenteeism -
Talk to employees who are absent
and find out the problem
Take measures to protect the
interest of employees
Check from time to time that no
employee is treated badly by seniors.
Employee absenteeism is faced by each
and every Company whether big or small and each one has got its own
ways of reducing absenteeism. There is no one fit in formula for
every Company.
The employers can bring few changes in
working conditions and give incentives to employees to motivate them
to work.
After taking all the measures if an
employee is not motivated and still remains absent from work then
matters have to be taken seriously.
Employers can confront the employees
and give him warnings in verbal as well as in writing and at last
dismiss the employee from work.
Absenteeism is a big problem and it
really needs to be controlled. No company can prosper with non
cooperating employees. An employee has to understand that when a
company prospers he too gains in terms of salary and bonuses. An
employee should always discuss his problem and try to sort it out
before switching jobs. It may so happen that he may face the same
problem again and again without finding any solution to it.
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