Skipping work without good reason? You have lots of company.

Filed in archive Management by Steve Rucinski on October 28, 2006

Absenteeism rising!

Unscheduled absenteeism at U.S. companies and organizations has climbed to its highest level since 1999, according to results of an annual nationwide survey of Human resource executives in U.S. companies and organizations.

The survey put the U.S. absenteeism rate at 2.5 percent in 2006, up from 2.3 percent a year ago and the highest since seven years ago when it was 2.7 percent. The survey, released Thursday, was conducted for CCH Inc. by the Harris Interactive consulting firm.

It also found that personal illness accounts for only 35 percent of unscheduled absences, with the rest because of family issues (24 percent), personal needs (18 percent), stress (12 percent) and entitlement mentality (11 percent).

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Response from: Gary Bourgeault (managersrealm.com) (11/01/06 6:27pm)

Noticing the 65% of workers that miss for reasons other than sickness tells me that we need to take a strong look at managing the situation.

I mean by that the conflicting demands made upon workers is a reality that a lot of managers and business owners don't understand.

It's better to put flexible schedules and programs into place, and manage the situation, than to pretend it doesn't exist and let it run us.

I'm not talking about letting deadbeat workers get away with anythig; but understanding that life happens to people outside of work, and we need to have thing in place to deal with it.

Response from: Steve (11/01/06 6:55pm)

Thanks for the comment. I agree, allowing worker schedule flexibility may be one of the most valuable elements of compensation a business can provide.