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Key Concepts in Human Resource Management

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Strictly speaking, ‘absenteeism’ refers to chronic absence from work. In effect, this is deliberate absence. A business can calculate the level of absenteeism within its workforce (excluding ill-health and genuine absences) by using the following formula:

$${\rm{Absentee rate = }}{{{\rm{number}}\,{\rm{of}}\,{\rm{staff}}\,{\rm{absent}}\,{\rm{ \times }}\,{\rm{100}}} \over {{\rm{Staff}}\,{\rm{total}}}}$$

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  1. Jonathan Sutherland
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Sutherland, J., Canwell, D. (2004). Aa. In: Key Concepts in Human Resource Management. Palgrave Key Concepts. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-20464-5_1

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