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10 Tips to Avoid Unauthorised Absences During World Cup 2018When World Cup goals take priority, work goals often don’t get completed. Take a page from the Kronos playbook. Prepare for the World Cup games with our top 10 tips to avoid employee absences.

Implement an absence policy. If you do not have one already, an absence policy to balance employee and employer needs is the first step in addressing the potential problem. Communicate the policy. There’s little point in having an absence policy if you do not communicate it to employees. Highlight any specific rules around time-o� requests during the World Cup. Proactive communications. Encourage proactive communications between managers and sta� about requests to take time o� or to work a di�erent schedule. Unplanned absences are more expensive to manage than those you know are coming. Support flexibility. Consider early starts and early finishes for 5:00 p.m. game kicko�s, and late starts/late finishes for sta� who want to sleep in after a big game. But make sure that you have a system in place to cope with monitoring the flex hours. Consider unpaid leave. Planned absence is always easier for a business to manage than unscheduled absence. Accept that sta� will find a way to watch key matches — unplanned absence is expected to be high during the World Cup. O�er sta� the opportunity to book unpaid leave up to a maximum number of days.

Make controlling absenteeism a business priority. There’s no excuse not to be in control of absence. Business tools are available to control and monitor absence levels and trends — you can even set the parameters to alert you to all unscheduled absences on match days or on the morning after a big game. Enforce the absence policy. Any absence policy needs to be monitored and enforced consistently and fairly throughout the organisation to curb unscheduled absences. More than half of employed adults believe that their work performance is negatively impacted when attendance policies are not fairly enforced.* Provide incentives for excellent attendance. In large organisations, time and attendance systems are an invaluable tool for tracking and reporting on attendance levels. Many organisations e�ectively use perfect attendance bonuses as an incentive to reduce absenteeism. Be realistic. Rather than hindering sta� enthusiasm over the World Cup, go with it. Install a TV in the sta� room; sit down and enjoy the matches with your sta�. With a bit of luck, you’ll improve sta� morale for long after the ref blows the final whistle. Make absence management part of your long-term business plan. Managing absenteeism isn’t simply a tactical activityfor the duration of the World Cup. Organisations can benefit from a well-designed, consistently monitored absence policy.

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* Tom Wadlow, How to prevent employees calling in sick during Euro 2016, Business Chief (June 8, 2016), found at https://europe.businesschief.com/leadership/887/How-to-prevent-employees-calling-in-sick-during-Euro-2016.

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