If you have ever had an employee arrive late for work, you are certainly not alone. While there is a multitude of reasons why someone might experience an unforeseen delay, the professional expectation is that it does not become habitual.
So what do you do when absenteeism becomes a frequent issue with one of your employees?
From India, Pune
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So what do you do when absenteeism becomes a frequent issue with one of your employees?
From India, Pune
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Dear PREHR,
There is a difference between being late and being absent. Both are distinct concepts. It seems that there may be some confusion between the two. Please clarify this distinction.
Secondly, a lot of discussions have taken place on this forum regarding tardiness and absenteeism. You may refer to those discussions.
Lastly, could you provide information about the nature of your business? How many employees are employed in your office? Does tardiness affect customer satisfaction or other office operations? Is there any possibility of flexible working hours? Have you conducted an analysis of tardiness? How many employees are consistently late? What is the situation with managers? Do they adhere to disciplinary guidelines or do they also struggle with tardiness? How about the head of the office? Is the punctuality of the senior-most individual maintained?
Please address the above questions.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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8227There is a difference between being late and being absent. Both are distinct concepts. It seems that there may be some confusion between the two. Please clarify this distinction.
Secondly, a lot of discussions have taken place on this forum regarding tardiness and absenteeism. You may refer to those discussions.
Lastly, could you provide information about the nature of your business? How many employees are employed in your office? Does tardiness affect customer satisfaction or other office operations? Is there any possibility of flexible working hours? Have you conducted an analysis of tardiness? How many employees are consistently late? What is the situation with managers? Do they adhere to disciplinary guidelines or do they also struggle with tardiness? How about the head of the office? Is the punctuality of the senior-most individual maintained?
Please address the above questions.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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Look into the conduct of the management for answers. What the administration is doing all along when employees are coming late till it became a habit? B.Saikumar HR & Labour law Advisor,
From India, Mumbai
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Addressing this sort of issue is easy one:
- Analyse late coming.
- Analyse their performance.
- Talk to the concerned people regarding their reasons for coming late, see if there's any alternative you can suggest to them.
- Frame a policy on late coming: like give grace time, after a certain time limit one marked late, 3 late marks contribute to half a day (which is then considered as LOP, even if you have leave balance). From the 4th late mark onwards, 1/4th so on.... Leniency and stringency about this matter all depend on you.
Lastly, if the nature of your business demands performance rather than completing a certain number of hours, then give weightage purely to that and offer the option of flexi hours. If things still account to be poor, then framing policies and their reinforcement are always at the discretion of senior management and HR.
From India, Mumbai
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- Analyse late coming.
- Analyse their performance.
- Talk to the concerned people regarding their reasons for coming late, see if there's any alternative you can suggest to them.
- Frame a policy on late coming: like give grace time, after a certain time limit one marked late, 3 late marks contribute to half a day (which is then considered as LOP, even if you have leave balance). From the 4th late mark onwards, 1/4th so on.... Leniency and stringency about this matter all depend on you.
Lastly, if the nature of your business demands performance rather than completing a certain number of hours, then give weightage purely to that and offer the option of flexi hours. If things still account to be poor, then framing policies and their reinforcement are always at the discretion of senior management and HR.
From India, Mumbai
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Hello Dinesh Divekar,
This looks more like an academic query than any reference to a real-time situation. The opening line itself 'seems' to be a giveaway.
@PREHR-- Picking from your own posting/query 'While there is a multitude of reasons...', there are several reasons for such a situation, and it's plain elementary that the background of the query is given while asking for comments from the members of this Forum.
Rgds, TS
From India, Hyderabad
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This looks more like an academic query than any reference to a real-time situation. The opening line itself 'seems' to be a giveaway.
@PREHR-- Picking from your own posting/query 'While there is a multitude of reasons...', there are several reasons for such a situation, and it's plain elementary that the background of the query is given while asking for comments from the members of this Forum.
Rgds, TS
From India, Hyderabad
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