Tackle your attendance problems by training employees on the following attendance issues.
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.)
Success in conquering attendance problems starts with training supervisors, who can then effectively train employees.
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As its name implies, this product trains managers and supervisors in critical HR skills in as little as 10 minutes for each topic. 10-Minute HR Trainer offers these features:
Trains in 50 key HR topics under all major employment laws, including manager and supervisor responsibilities, and how to legally carry out managerial actions from hiring to termination. (See a complete list of topics below.)
Uses the same teaching sequence master teachers use. Every training unit includes an overview, bullet points on key lessons, a quiz, and a handout to reinforce the lesson later.
Completely prewritten and self-contained. Each unit comes as a set of reproducible documents. Just make copies or turn them into overheads, and you’re done. (Take a look at a sample lesson below.)
Updated continually. As laws change, your training needs to do so as well. 10-Minute HR Trainer provides new lessons and updated information every 90 days, along with a monthly Training Forum newsletter, for as long as you are in the program.
Works fast. Each session is so focused that there’s not a second’s waste of time. Your managers are in and out almost before they can look at the clock, yet they remember small details even months later.
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