Personal illness accounts for just over one-third of unscheduled absences. Why? Family issues and caretaking, personal needs, stress, burnout, an “entitlement mentality” and probably a host of other (unreported) reasons.
According to the 2007 17th annual CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey by Harris Interactive:
Most people today are juggling the demands of busy personal and professional lives, and [...]
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Unscheduled absenteeism can be very expensive. According to the 16th annual CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey, it costs some large employers “an estimated $850,000 per year in direct payroll costs, and even more when lost productivity, morale and temporary labor costs are considered.”
This year’s unscheduled absenteeism rate is 2.5 percent – the highest since 1999 (at [...]
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