How to Write a Solid Absenteeism Policy For an Employee Handbook

Your Company Absenteeism Policy

Writing a Solid Absenteeism Policy For an Employee Handbook.

Tips and considerations when writing your company Absenteeism Policy for an employee handbook..

It is a given, as an employer, you place a high value on attendance; you expect and need employees to be at work on time on their scheduled workdays.  Regular attendance and punctuality are important because they affect an employee’s productivity and ability to meet goals, standards, and deadlines.

Absent employees adversely affect company morale since co-workers must absorb the absent employee's workload in addition to their own.  Consequently, the level of service provided is diminished.

Therefore, every company must have attendance policies that serve to correct and address attendance patterns that are especially counterproductive and disruptive.

Be fair. Allow for normal patterns of absences caused by occasional employee and family illness, emergencies, etc.

When determining "especially counterproductive and disruptive patterns," use measures such as:

• Total incidents during a given period.

• Average incidents per given period.

• Total hours absent during a given period.

• Average hours absent per given period.

In addition to typical absenteeism, write policies for the following:

• Tardiness - Reporting to work late.

• Short Notice Call-Offs - Calling off within minutes of, or after scheduled starting time.

• No-Call No-Show/Job Abandonment - Failing to report to work without notification.

If your Company must comply with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) use the phrase "NON-FMLA Related Absences" whenever you refer to absences in your attendance policy.

If you do not have a mandated, company-wide system for reporting and tracking absences, put one into place immediately.

Let Elvis and Priscilla put your existing policy to the test.  We've created an exercise that you can use the next time you meet with your supervision staff - it will test their knowledge of your attendance / absenteeism policy.  Do you they know what type of absences result in a negative ding on an employee's attendance record?  Go to the "Elvis and Priscilla" exercise to find out.

The attendance policy included in our employee handbook has stood the test of blue collar and white collar environments.  We think it is a most fair policy; a win-win policy for employee and Company.

 

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