This document discusses absenteeism in the workplace. It defines absenteeism as when an employee fails to report to work without prior permission. The document then lists some common causes of absenteeism like poor working conditions or personal issues. It categorizes absenteeism into authorized, unauthorized, and willful types. It also discusses the costs of absenteeism to productivity, administration, and finances for a company. Finally, it provides some measures that can be taken to help control absenteeism, such as proper selection of employees, incentives for regular attendance, and disciplinary action.

1. Absenteeism of Employees
Somesh Gurbani(15)
Amit Gurnani(16)
Marketing research
SYMMS

2. Contents
• Meaning and Definition of Absenteeism
• Causes of Absenteeism
• Types of Absenteeism
• Categories of Absenteeism
• Cost of Absenteeism
• Measurement of Absenteeism
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Absenteeism
• Measures to control of Absenteeism

3. What do you mean by ‘Absenteeism’?
When an employee is scheduled to work fails
to report on duty it is called absenteeism
It is defined as unauthorised absence from
work
*Means absence at regular work without prior
permission , notice or sanction

4. Definition of ‘Absenteeism’
“Absenteeism” is a practice or a habit of being
an “absence” and an “absentee” is one who
habitually stays away.
- WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY

5. Causes of Absenteeism
• Nature of work
• Poor working conditions
• Absence of regular leave
arrangements
• Accidents
• Poor control
• Visit to native places
• Alcoholism and gambling habits
• Absence of strict discipline
• Religious and local festivals

6. Types of Absenteeism
• Authorized Absenteeism
• Unauthorized Absenteeism
• Willful Absenteeism
• Absenteeism caused by circumstances beyond
ones control

7. Categories of Absenteeism
• Entrepreneurs
• Status seekers
• Epicureans
• Family-oriented and
• The sick and the old.

8. Cost of Absenteeism
Productivity Administrative Financial

9. Decrease in Productivity
• Absent staff place an extra burden on the
whole organization
• Time lost in the sourcing and training of new
or replacement staff
• Morale and motivation issues can greatly
decrease the productivity of staff

10. Administrative Costs
• Increased supervisory and administrative costs
in the monitoring and management of
absenteeism programme
• Increased costs associated with securing
replacement staff

11. Financial Costs
• Salary costs for new or replacement staff
• Overtime payments

12. Measurement of Absenteeism
For Example:
a) Average number of employees in work force: 100
b) Number of available workdays during period : 20
c) Total number of available workdays (a x b): 2,000
d) Total number of lost days due to absences during the period: 93
e) Absenteeism percent (d [divided by] c) x 100: 4.65%

13. Advantages
• Improve the discipline of the company
• Boost employee
motivation
• Increase in efficiency of
operation by trainee
• Helps to develop a
absenteeism policy
• May result in better
productivity of the
employee

14. Disadvantages
• Other employees will have to do excess work
which will lead to decrease morale of employees.
• Manager will have to spend
excess time on the discipline
or may find the replacement
of the employee.
• The productivity will be affected
if the employee is released from
the company and also will have
to spend money in-order to
train the new employee

15. Measures to control
• Proper selection
• Proper orientation
• Better working conditions
• Provision of transport and
housing facilities
• Incentives to regular
employees
• Disciplinary action
• Effective supervision
• Employee counseling