Low absence ratio employees are found to be more satisfied with their opportunity for promotion and upgrading. This paper provides the information necessary to begin an effective attendance management program which will yield long term results. This paper is intended to be a guide rather than an instruction manual or policy. To make an attendance management program truly successful, it will require insight into the special dynamics present in your work place. It will require two-way communication, as both the needs of the employees and of management must be met if good attendance is to be achieved.
Attendance is the responsibility of the facility management and ultimately the administrators.
Attendance is not an expectation. It is a right of employers to have good attendance. Each and every employee has a contractual obligation to attend work regularly. All levels of management must believe in, be committed to, and communicate their expectations of good attendance. If a specific number of sick days are considered acceptable per employee, at best that will be the result.