ABSENTEEISM AND EMPLOYEE

TURNOVER

What is Human Resource Planning?

Human resource planning has been defined as
the
process
by
which
management
determines how an organisation should move
from its current manpower position to its
desired manpower position.
Through it management strives to have the
right number and the right kind of people at
the right place, at the right time, doing things
which result in both the organisation, and the
individual receiving, maximum long-range
benefit.

Definition of human resource

planning
According
to
Beach,
Human
Resource Planning is a process of
determining and assuming that the
organisation will have an adequate
number
of
qualified
persons,
available at the proper times,
performing jobs which meet the
needs of the enterprise and which
provide satisfaction for the individual
involved.

WHAT IS ABSENTEEISM?
Absenteeism means the failure of a worker to report
for work when he is scheduled to work.
Absenteeism is unauthorised, avoidable and wilful
absence from duty.
The rate of absenteeism is defined as the
percentage of mandays lost due to absence to the
total number of mandays scheduled in a given time
period.
Absenteeism= number of mandays lost due to
absence x 100
number of mandays scheduled to
work

Causes of absenteeism
Employees remain absent due to
several factors which are given
below:Absence
Poor
Alcoholism
Lack
management
working
of regular
of and
housing
conditions
leave
gambling
system
and
arrangement
transport facilities

Effects of absenteeism
o Excessive absenteeism is harmful to both
employers and workers in the following ways:
o Regular flow of work in the factory is disturbed.
o Overall production declines.
o Work pressure on available and present
employees increases.
o Incidence of industrial accidents increases.
o Workers lose wages for unauthorised absence
from duty.

Measures to control absenteeism

Measures to control absenteeism

What is employee turnover?

Employee
turnover
is
technically and mathematically
defined as the ratio of the
number of workers that had to
be replaced in a given time
period to the average number
of workers.

Causes of employee turnover

Pay is too low

Poor training

Effects of employee turnover

Expenditure incurred on orientation and
training of workers goes waste.
Accident rates of new employees are usually
higher.
Smooth working of the organisation and quality
of work suffer.
Human resources of the country are underutilised.
An employee who changes his job quite often
loses the opportunity to promotionon the basis
of seniority.

Measures to control employee

turnover
Proper planning of manpower requirements.
Improvement in recruitment policy and practices.
Use of proper tests and interviews in selection of
employees.
Proper orientation and training of employees.
Better pay and good working conditions.
Security of service.
Provision of retirement benefits.
Employee consultation, suggestion, schemes and
workers participation in management.