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Absence Management
Absence management describes how a business handles an employee missing work. This includes rules about sick days and paid time off (PTO), as well as procedures for what happens when an employee misses too many work days. Absence management hopes to reduce absences, prevent disruptions, and keep workers productive.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Absence Management
To keep employees and customers happy, it's important for small to midsize businesses to maintain absence management policies that understand when absent workers are sick or hurt while having a set plan for workers are frequently or inexplicably absent.
Related terms
- Absence Management
- Furlough
- Onboarding
- Attrition
- Right to Work
- Employee Self-Service (ESS)
- Background Check
- Equity Theory
- Performance Management
- Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
- Gamification
- Center of Excellence (COE)
- Succession Planning and Management
- Workforce Analytics
- Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
- Employee Resource Group (ERG)
- Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
- 9-Box Model
- Enterprise Applications
- People Analytics
