Posted On: January 3, 2007, 10:46 pm CST

Posted By: deb

what do you do if your small company who only has 8 employees has a problem with excessive absenteeism? We had one guy out this year 250 hours and we continued to pay him, not including paid holidays and paid 3 weeks vacation, he just continued to call out of work.... then the other employees got wind of this so they started calling sick, one guy was out 217 hours, another guy 90 hours, another new employee 55 hours and so on and so forth.... by the time we realized this it wasw way out of control!!! so we layed the law down , implemented a employee manual and have been trying to stop it, also implemented off time forms, to be filled out by all when they call out and we now require documentation of any and all absences!!! but how do we even start a incentive plan with such excessive absenteeism???? we cant!!