| Organizations are increasingly recognizing the | | | | must have an absence management policy that allows |
| significant costs associated with high levels of | | | | the organization to detect and address the situation |
| employee absence. At the same time, managers are | | | | early to avoid short-term absenteeism becoming |
| often unsure about the level and nature of the | | | | long-term absenteeism. We can manage absences |
| problems they may be facing, or about how these | | | | only if we can find the real cause behind it. Research |
| problems are most effectively addressed. Normally | | | | has indicated many of the strategies for overcoming |
| we can classify absences into two types, namely | | | | excessive absenteeism tend to have short-term |
| short-term and long-term. The success of an | | | | effects only. We can reduce the number of single day |
| organization lies in the effective management of the | | | | sickness leave by requiring a valid medical certificate. |
| resources and their employee's leave rate. An | | | | Another way to manage absence is by ensuring the |
| organization can adopt a number of methods to | | | | employee is aware of the organization's policy on |
| manage absence effectively. Some of them include | | | | absenteeism. The employee should be contacted |
| the effective and accurate monitoring of leaves, | | | | periodically and in turn should maintain regular contact |
| defining targets for level of absence and providing a | | | | with the employer. |
| clear and concise absence policy document for | | | | Benefits of outsourcing absence management |
| employees. | | | | Since the absence of employees in an organization |
| Absence Management policy | | | | adversely affects its profit, companies come up with |
| While dealing with policies, especially for employees, an | | | | new technologies to tackle and manage absenteeism. |
| organization should take care of many things. The | | | | Outsourcing of absence management has become a |
| policy should be clear so that every employee can | | | | widely accepted method for managing the employees |
| understand the underlying rules. It should also contain | | | | and their leaves. Need for an absence management |
| information such as the person to whom they consult | | | | tool in an organization is directly related to the current |
| immediately if they need a leave, at what time they | | | | absence management techniques followed by an |
| must contact the manager, and where should the | | | | organization. Current techniques used for handling |
| worker go to get further support. A good absence | | | | long-term absence, short-term absence and their |
| management policy should contain a clearly defined | | | | impacts will be the effective inputs for better control of |
| rule for sickness leave. Sickness leave plays an | | | | absence. Using these tools, an organization can easily |
| important role in absence management, since in most | | | | track and manage their employee's leaves and in turn |
| organizations employees are misusing the sickness | | | | improve the efficiency and productivity of the |
| leave option. | | | | organization. Hence in an organization, it is essential to |
| Managing absenteeism and sick leave | | | | have a well-defined and well-structured policy for |
| To tackle absenteeism effectively, an organization | | | | better efficiency and growth. |