A STUDY ON EMPLOYEES ABSENTEEISM IN SOUTHERN AUTO CASTING PRIVATE LIMITED, CHENNAI

Management Studies

Employee absenteeism is a universal manifestation and it is an important subject on the worldwide itinerary. Absenteeism is one of the most serious problems facing employers in today’s workplace. Absenteeism is the term generally used to refer to unscheduled employee absences from the workplace. Many causes of absenteeism are legitimate such as personnel illness or family issues but absenteeism also can often be traced to other factors like a poor organizational climate. In addition, high labour turnover may lead to disturbance of production, problems of quality control and difficulty in building team work and morale. Like employees turnover, there is avoidable and unavoidable absenteeism. Absenteeism is unavoidable when the employee himself or herself falls sick, his or her dependence at home suddenly become unwell or there is an accident inside the plant. Unavoidable absenteeism is accepted by the managers and is even sanctioned by labour laws. However, employee absenteeism is not just an employee issue it is an organizational problem and therefore becomes everyone's responsibility. Avoidable absenteeism arises because of night shifts, opportunities for earning extra income, lack of job security, job dissatisfaction, and unfriendly supervision. This survey used throughout the study consist of demographics variables, health aspects, household characteristics and job aspects were analysed and provided the necessary information. The results found that there is significance in employee absenteeism with their health aspects

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