INTRODUCTION The present chapter deals with definition, nature, theories and importance of absenteeism through low motivation, quality of work life and wage and salary. ABSENTEEISM The term absenteeism refers to the failure to attend to work. A worker is considered as scheduled to work when the employer has work available for him and the worker is aware of it. A satisfactory level of attendance by employees at work is necessary to allow the achievement of objectives and targets by a department. Absenteeism occurs when an employee of a company does not come to work due to scheduled time off, illness, injury, or any other reason. The cost of absenteeism to business, usually expressed in terms of lost productivity. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM …show more content…
Sickness - Sickness is the main reason of absenteeism running as high as 50 % of the absenteeism in some cases. Lack of balanced diet makes the Indian worker and easy prey to diseases and epidemics. Industrial Fatigue - Low wages compel a worker to seek some part time job to earn some side income. This often result inconstant fatigue, which compels to remain absent for next day. After pay-day, before and offer a holiday are some of the contributors of absenteeism. Industrial accidents and occupational diseases bring about absenteeism, depending upon the nature of the process and machines used. Housing Conditions and Transport Facilities - Workers also experience housing difficulties. Around 95% of housing occupied by industrial workers in India is unsatisfactory for healthful habitations. This leads to loss the interest in work. In the absence of company houses, workers either stay alone or at great distances. Without company buses, they are often unable to reach in time. Improper and Unrealistic Personnel Policies – Due to favoritism and nepotism which are in the industry the workers generally become frustrated. This also results in low efficiency, low productivity, unfavorable relationship between employee and supervisor, which in turn leads to long period of absenteeism. Also, Misbehavior by the supervisor and difference of opinions with the management may also contribute to the absenteeism. Alcoholism - Some of the
ONO is a large auto-supply company that does a large volume of business with only eleven employees. Absenteeism seems to have increased over the last two years and has had a significant effect on ONO. The information in the text shows that ONO had lost 539 employee labor-hours or 67.375 days to employee absenteeism last year. Because there are only eleven employees, this equals out to 6.125 missed days per employee. This is actually less than the United States average of seven missed days per year. Is absenteeism at ONO a serious problem? Whether or not a serious problem, the data from ONO, Inc. suggests there is enough to warrant an investigation and a new strategy to minimize absenteeism. As
reduced absenteeism. Absenteeism is a result of employee boredom with their job as they don’t feel personally connected to the company. Empowered employee feels valued and challenged which results in job satisfaction consequently absenteeism decreases.
The workers are under so much pressure and are expected to work and give so much that they don’t even want to skip a day of work because they don’t want to be seen “slacking” and be behind and earn nothing, as Lyddie once thought, because she used to fear going out sick and falling behind in her production and having her pay drop (stated on page 100). They are given breaks that are not nearly as long as they should be, and they are so void of energy that they can’t do things that are actually enjoyable for them (such as Lyddie not reading her book). The factories are too worried about getting more work done and profiting that they don’t pay attention to the workers’ needs. Plus, for the amount of time that they work and how much stuff they get done, they don’t get paid nearly as much as they
The only thing I can think of that would make me unavailable to do my job would be school, due to homework and studying for tests. However, this may only make me slightly inactive due to the smaller amount of homework I get compared to other students and the ability of getting 20 minutes to finish some homework due to my class
272). Absenteeism is a common problem in the workplace today, and it is a widespread concern in many organizations. Employees call out sick for a variety of reasons, but if it occurs frequently enough it becomes an obvious issue. Some staff members make absenteeism a habit, meaning they call out more than their peers. At this point, absenteeism results in disruptive work processes for other staff members and becomes financially draining to the employer (Sullivan & Decker,
Second, having so few employers and jobs available in Indian Country leads to high unemployment rates. And, third, the absences of thriving economies, characterized by a sufficient number of privately and publically owned businesses in Indian Country, adds to the impoverishment of Indians and their families.
According to the CIPD's absence report in 2011, one employee in five admits to absence that has not been caused by "genuine" ill health. To me that is saying that most of the time when people call in to work or do not show up that they are not actually sick. There are lot of people suffering from depression and illnesses that are similar to that and may not feel like they can be around people. People that are suffering from this problem also feel like there is no one
Job dissatisfaction also correlates with extended out of work stays by workers injured while working. Some employers may take also advantage of continued absence to fire sub-par employees.
example of this can be in the workforce. If a coworker is not performing well and showing up late, rather
Analysing the return to work interview forms, all of the absences are short and for reasons of either upset stomach or cold/flu.
* Absence – The company needs to collect data on employee’s absence including annual leave and sickness. By keeping track of absence we can get an idea of any trends within the organisation.
Absence from the British Gas Business – Customer Care function is currently at its highest levels since 2010. The average number of days taken as absence within the short term sickness (STS) criteria (under 20 consecutive days), has increased from 4.6 to 5.5 days per employee per rolling 52 weeks. The increase in long term sickness (LTS) registered within the organisation has increased by 0.8% over the past 4 years.
They could be behind time getting to work. All their time since leaving the extracurricular class and that means their boss wouldn't be happy if they missed the boat every day it's not fair if one person can be late everyday, then he would have to let all his employees do they say and I'm sure he wouldn't do that. So that means their paycheck might be a Lil cut to the bone for all the times they are late to work.
Employers today come up against many obstacles regarding employee productivity. Some of those concerns include health related absenteeism and presenteeism.. Matke and others observed there is a shift in burden to employers due to Americas aging workforce that results in loss of productivity brought on by illness related absenteeism and presenteeism (Matke and others, 2013). A report by Berry, Mirabito, and Baun show that absenteeism and presenteeism account for lost productivity costs that are
There are an unlimited number of reasons that an employee can provide for his or her absenteeism – some under the employees direct discretion, others such as illness or emergency not under the control of the company or the employee.