... to control the absenteeism, In this essay I will explain the above statement in more details and also provide the evidence to support it. The question arises here why absenteeism is important? Absenteeism is important because it's not only costly but it also affects the morale of other employees. The cost of absenteeism is greater than the direct payment of wages and benefits paid during the absence. Organizations must also consider the indirect cost of staffing, scheduling, re-training, lost productivity, diminished moral, turnover, opportunity cost. The indirect costs often exceed the direct cost of absenteeism. http://www.benefits.org/interface/cost/absent.htm According to a report by healthcare consultancy IHC, 40 million days are lost each year in the UK to workplace absenteeism. There are mainly two types of absenteeism voluntary and involuntary. Nothing can stop voluntary absence, as it is because of serious illness or accident but involuntary absence can be controlled because the reasons for involuntary ...

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