absenteeism
HR Solution example - seasonal absenteeism
Introduction
Seasonal Absence Syndrome sounds more like a made up term than something to be taken seriously but it defines a common problem affecting many UK business.
How do you encourage employees not to take days off for no reason other than the weather is favourable, particularly when you already pay them to come to work? Do you adopt a 'stick' approach and refuse to pay sick pay for the first few days and risk penalising those that are genuinely ill. Or do you adopt a 'Carrot' approach and reward for good attendance? Or both?
The Stick approach can unfairly penalise employees and lead to demotivation while the Carrot approach sends difficult messages to employees who seem to be offered additional rewards simply for coming to work.
A balanced approach
Low-key incentivisation is an excellent half-way house providing unobtrusive promotion of good attendance while avoiding many of the political and occupational difficulties that often accompany openly rewarding basic attendance.
Our Incentivise product allows you to easily create campaigns that reward achievement and improve performance while delivering, as secondary benefits, behavioural and cultural improvements such as regular attendance etc. With strong return on investment, Incentivise is an excellent weapon with which to combat unscheduled absence.
Contact John Archibald on tel. +44 (0)1273 669 707, email. john.archibald@incentivise.com.
+44 (0) 1273 669 707
