Categories of Absenteeism at Work

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• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9783640469123
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, 7, University of Trento, course: Gestione delle risorse humane, language: English, abstract: The term of absenteeism is generally used to describe unscheduled employeeabsences from the workplace. But there are two different categories. Either- valid absenteeism: refers to employees who are absent for reasons beyondtheir control; like sickness and injury. In a labour relations context this meansthat it can not be remedied or treated by disciplinary measures.- invalid absenteeism: refers to employees who are absent without authorizationfor reasons which are within their control. For instance, an employee who is onsick leave even though he/she is not sick, and it can be proven that theemployee was not sick, is guilty of culpable absenteeism. In a labour relationscontext this means that progressive discipline can be applied.or more elaborated- white absenteeism: In the case of white absenteeism, the employee isobviously ill. For example if he or she has high fever or a broken leg.- grey absenteeism: Illnesses which are psychological or psychosomatic, suchas headache, stomachache or tiredness can lead to grey absenteeismbecause in these cases, diagnoses are hard to make.- black absenteeism: it is spoken about black absenteeism if someone who isnot ill has reported himself/herself as sick. This black variant of absenteeism isoften also called illegal absenteeism. In the cases of black and greyabsenteeism exists a degree of freedom to absenteeism.