How To Reduce The Cost Of Employee Absences?

Employee absences, without any denial, have a huge impact on the revenue and productivity of the company. For many employers, it also carries a heavy cost along. This is why it is quintessential to understand the underlying reasons for increasing employee absences. That way, it will become easier for you to reduce costs.

• Track the absences of employees-

It is very important to keep a proper track of employee attendance so that you know exactly how many and how often are employees getting absent. If you are tracking attendance manually, by asking the guard to keep a track of the employee timings and maintain them in a register or asking the employees and their respective managers to keep a track of the attendance. Instead of doing this, it is highly recommended to every company to start using an attendance management software. The software will keep a proper track of leaves and absences which will further help you analyse who is abusing the attendance policy and how.

• Change employee behaviour-

It is the duty of an employer to take initiatives to introduce plans to promote good health of the employees. It is found that employees tend to take more leaves because of falling ill or not feeling good. So, wellness programs, monthly checkup or something else to keep them in sync should not be ignored. If you want to change the habit of employees taking leaves, try to improve their health status and see the difference.

• Help them with conveyance-

In metropolitan cities, travelling is one of the major reasons for the employees to somedays decide to not to go to work as there is a lot of traffic on the roads during peak hours. Infact, it also becomes next to impossible for them to book a vehicle if they don’t own one. So, giving employees the leverage to use a shuttle or cab that comes to pick them up from your company’s side can be an added advantage for you. Or else, you should keep the working hours flexible.

• Diminish office stress-   

Stress is caused to your employee already due to multiple personal life happenings, work shouldn’t be one of them. So, try to limit the stress triggers like making them overwork, or setting unreal expectations or project completion dates. If you are a manager or colleague, be a good one, don’t create or foster a negative environment.

• Have a good attendance policy-

A great attendance policy is a necessity to make the employee respect the policy and not abuse it. Some companies have such a stringent attendance policy that employees cannot do anything but go against it.  Understand that your employees have a life after work and office too. They may need a break in the form of vacation or staycation to rejuvenate themselves. So, include holidays, leaves, and keep the timings flexible so that employees love coming to office daily and don’t feel pressurized.  Give them PTO and decide the steps you will take to reduce the cost of employee absences.