Employee absenteeism and turnover can be serious problems for organizations. In this lesson, you'll learn about absenteeism and turnover, their impact and what can be done to reduce their occurrence. A short quiz follows.
Absenteeism and Turnover
Meet Caroline. She's a human research manager for a large microchip-manufacturing firm, and she has a problem. Her company is suffering from high levels of both absenteeism and turnover. Absenteeism is a pattern or habit of an employee missing work, often for no good reason.
Turnover is the number or percentage of an employer's workforce that must be replaced due to the voluntary and involuntary separation of employees from employment. Voluntary turnover includes leaving employment to retire, illness, returning to school and better career opportunities, while involuntary turnover includes layoffs and terminations for poor performance or disciplinary problems.