Absenteeism and Employee Turnover
Absenteeism and Employee Turnover
Absenteeism and Employee Turnover
TURNOVER
WHAT IS ABSENTEEISM?
Absenteeism means the failure of a worker to report
for work when he is scheduled to work.
Absenteeism is unauthorised, avoidable and wilful
absence from duty.
The rate of absenteeism is defined as the
percentage of mandays lost due to absence to the
total number of mandays scheduled in a given time
period.
Absenteeism= number of mandays lost due to
absence x 100
number of mandays scheduled to
work
Causes of absenteeism
Employees remain absent due to
several factors which are given
below:Absence
Poor
Alcoholism
Lack
management
working
of regular
of and
housing
conditions
leave
gambling
system
and
arrangement
transport facilities
Effects of absenteeism
o Excessive absenteeism is harmful to both
employers and workers in the following ways:
o Regular flow of work in the factory is disturbed.
o Overall production declines.
o Work pressure on available and present
employees increases.
o Incidence of industrial accidents increases.
o Workers lose wages for unauthorised absence
from duty.
Poor training