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The Complete Guide To Absence Management

The Complete Guide To Absence Management
by David Galic

Employee absenteeism is a significant source of concern and expense for businesses both large and small. Workplace absences have been estimated by the Centers for Disease Control to cost businesses in the US $225.8 billion annually.

Another study found that costs due to unscheduled absences by hourly employees averaged $3,600 annually per employee.

While employee absenteeism due to illness or other issues is an unavoidable fact of life, there are many measures that managers and employers can take to minimize employee absenteeism and to better manage it in general. In this complete guide to absence management, we examine the steps that managers and employers can take to measure and reduce the impact of employee absenteeism in the workplace.

Employee Absenteeism: How to Measure It

Although employee absenteeism is an issue for any business that employs workers, many managers and employers fail to institute a systematic approach to absence management. One of the most important steps managers can take to address absence management is to proactively monitor and measure the rate of absence of departments and of individual workers. There are several methods for achieving this:


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