It’s the morning after Mardi Gras, and Joe calls in sick. S. workers call in “sick” after the Super Bowl each year.
While employees may not realize the consequences of their behavior to the organization, excessive absences have a significant impact on workplace productivity. In a small business, these effects are even more noticeable, because the size of the company means the work can’t always be redistributed among other employees. And no matter the size of the company, morale is affected when coworkers have to pick up the slack of a routinely absent worker. But by dealing with attendance issues as soon as they arise, managers can control the issue and reduce the negative effects on the business.
Step One: Documentation Record the employee’s absences to see if any obvious trends or patterns exist. Continuer la lecture de « HR How To: Dealing with Attendance Issues »