Absenteeism is one of the leading causes of poor productivity in the workplace. It is a stressful situation for both employers and other employees as it disturbs daily schedules, service delivery, and workload arrangements and increases business costs. Organisations need to find effective strategies and policies to help them manage and deal with absenteeism in…
Absences are inevitable, especially in these recent years when there are various pandemics and other disasters. Also unlike automated machines, people occasionally get emergencies to deal with and sometimes they just need time off to refresh. Absence management involves all those systems that address employees’ absences from work. Although absence management programs vary from one…
While working in an office, various errands can come up at a personal front, which might require the employee’s attention and make it difficult for them to come to the office. While there is nothing wrong with taking occasional authorised absences from work due to some important work, it becomes a problem when these absences…
Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be a difficult time for anyone as it can take a toll on one’s physical, mental, and emotional health. The death of a family member does not only require one time to grieve but also to take care of finances and funeral arrangements. It is difficult…
With home and now hybrid working part of the new reality, increased absence due to the endemic Covid-19 variants, and the threat of industrial action targeted at disrupting commuters, having a good, trustworthy, and intuitive leave management system has never been so important. Failure to implement such a plan can have unfortunate consequences on your…
