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Promoting timely attendance and
improving tardiness is a never-ending HR challenge. Employees missing-in-action
and unscheduled worker absences are increasing, according to various government
surveys. Eleven U.S.-based telecommunications organizations reported 72 cents
of every dollar related to employee absence stems from lost productivity, vs.
hard costs for health care and disability benefits. (Business Insurance, July 2000).
Indirect costs, such as overtime pay, temp services, missed deadlines, and sinking
morale, can add another 25 percent to direct costs associated with absenteeism,
according to Employee Benefit News (December 1999)and HR News (November 1999).
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What to do? Focus on a points-based incentive program to keep attendance/tardiness
abusers motivated and wanting to come to work. Combining a positive reward with
open lines of communication and traditional discipline procedures will gain better
results than outdated, time-off-without pay procedures.
Absentee programs can be structured to address your specific goals. For example,
a “Healthy Life Cycles” program where employees are measured on
several categories and earn points for – a sustained fitness program,
weight control, no smoking, and other health related topics – is a morale
booster as well as a means to controlling absenteeism. Holding “Enlighten
Your Life, Broaden Your Horizons” lunchtime gatherings, where employees share
their talents/hobbies with co-workers, will add interest to day-to-day, repetitive,
mundane work tasks and add a new dimension to workplace camaraderie.
Learn more about our  platforms and how lifestyle incentives can improve
your employees overall work experience.
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