How to Effectively Monitor Absenteeism

Defining attendance issues and options that can be automated

Once a company has dealt with planning attendance and absenteeism, they must face the reality of what actually takes place. By reporting absenteeism on a day to day basis with a time and attendance software companies are able view attendance issues all through the click of a mouse.

Companies try their best with scheduling to ensure that they have the right number of employees with the necessary skills, but try as they might, they will always have to deal with culpable and non culpable absences. Through the use of business intelligence software in combination with Time and Attendance modules, this type of information is now at your fingertips. Business Intelligence tools allow management to view which employees are excessively absent, and analyze absenteeism on a day to day and year to year basis through key performance indicators.

Balancing quantitative attendance data with qualitative information

A company can gain significant insight into their operation by examining their organization’s attendance and absenteeism information. Time and Attendance software provides quantitative attendance data. Reporting is a tool that allows a company to be able to see accumulative statistical data. Companies can compare how many hours were lost against the expected standards, and analyze any deviations and trends through statistical reporting .They are able to see percentage of absenteeism by employee, site, location, department and company on a whole, and then determine if an employee is above or below a plant or department average of absenteeism.

A detailed report by employee can reveal the number of occurrences or hours spent on each absence type. Being able to identify an excessive absenteeism issue helps companies to initiate proper disciplinary actions and take corrective action to resolve any attendance issue. The time and attendance reporting will allow administration to help resolve excessive absenteeism by enabling companies to take a proactive stance in dealing with attendance.

Automation is the key to monitoring attendance and absenteeism in the workplace. As technology continuously improves, it has enabled Time and Attendance software to effectively help companies plan and manage their workforce’s attendance. Whether an organization has a single location or multiple locations around the world, planning attendance and absenteeism through the Absence Planning software now becomes a simple task.

Reporting absenteeism on a day to day basis can now be possible with time and attendance software. Key performance indicators, excessive absenteeism and statistical information are quickly available with business intelligence tools. With automated time and attendance systems, visual graphics or statistical reporting, the quantitative data on absenteeism provides qualitative information which will help determine an efficient company workforce.

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