Yesterday’s issue emphasized the necessity of sharing your attendance expectations with employees. Here are the key points that BLR’s popular 10-Minute HR Trainer suggests you stress in employee training on attendance.
1. Employer Expectations Regarding Attendance
Regular attendance is a requirement of every employee’s job. It is important because:
- High absenteeism rates reduce productivity.
- Absenteeism puts undue burdens on other employees.
2. Employer Policies Related to Attendance and Leave
Know how many days off you’re entitled to, with or without pay, for:
- Vacations (and any limits on choosing vacation times)
- Personal days (and how your organization defines them)
- Illness, hospitalization, pregnancy, and other health issues.
- Holidays
- Jury duty
- Death in the family
- Family and Medical Leave Act leave
- Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation (e.g., time off for medical treatments)
- Any other leave, either state-mandated or employer-provided
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3. Employer Procedures Governing Attendance and Leave
Know the procedures you need to follow related to time away from work.
For planned absences (vacation, personal days, FMLA leave, etc.), you need to know:
- Requirements for advance notice for various types of leave
- Forms and certifications required
- Limitations on when leave may be taken
For unplanned absences, you need to know:
- How to report unplanned absences (if, for example, employees must call their supervisors immediately to report illness or other unplanned absence)
- That you need to speak with a supervisor (or whomever you designate) whenever possible (For example, phone messages left at 3 a.m. are not sufficient.)
- Why it’s important to inform others of unplanned absences promptly (Other employees need to know about absences in order to plan and complete their own work. Supervisors need to record absences properly to ensure employees are paid when appropriate.)
You can train …
Success in conquering attendance problems starts with training supervisors, who can then effectively train employees. Of course, to train them effectively, you need a program that’s easy for you to deliver and one that requires little time out of busy schedules. Also, if you’re like most organizations these days, you need a program that’s reasonable in cost.
That’s BLR’s 10-minute HR Trainer. Our customers report that when they use it, they feel they’re delivering first-class training, and their people are still getting all their work done.
In developing 10-Minute HR Trainer, we first had our lawyers identify the most critical training topics. Then our editors skillfully split those topics into manageable chunks and created a training package on each topic that you can present, complete with reproducible handouts, in as little as 10 minutes!
… In 10 Minutes
10-Minute HR Trainer offers these features:
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