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By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read January 26, 2022

Being proactive with employee absences

When running a company, it’s unavoidable that your employees will require a leave of absence from time-to-time. This is the same for a small family-run business, or a multi-billion dollar company. Absence management can prove to be tricky; it isn’t just a case of when staff are absent and how many.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / Absenteeism, absenteeism policies, company culture, cost of absenteeism, employee happiness, employment law, employment standards act, leave of absence, managing absenteeism, morale, workplace absenteeism

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 5 Minutes Read July 7, 2010

Disability management: Ignoring employee absences may prove costly for organizations

A while back, the Conference Board of Canada came out with a study that found while workplace absenteeism continues to rise, Canadian employers take a “relaxed” approach to tracking employee absences and measuring their cost. According to the study, the absenteeism rate has been increasing steadily in the past decade, rising to 6.6 days per full-time employee in 2008–09 from 5.7 days in 2000–01, the most recent fiscal year. This is the highest point since the board began surveying employee absences 20 years ago.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Payroll / Absenteeism, absenteeism policies, absenteeism rate, attendance/absenteeism problem, average cost of absenteeism, Conference Board of Canada, cost associated with employee absenteeism, employee absences, employee attendance, employment law, HRMS, managing absenteeism, sick pay benefits, time off from work, tracking employee absences

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