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attendance, absence, presenteeism and big data #cipd15

Rapid BI

In Manchester this week is the annual conference of the CIPD, the annual gathering of professionals working in Human Resources (HR). The post attendance, absence, presenteeism and big data #cipd15 appeared first on.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  I can think of few, if any, employee wellness issues that have such a direct and measurable impact on an organization's performance as the absenteeism (and presenteeism) resulting from influenza. License. . 

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Building a positive work-life culture

Strategy Driven

When managers have subordinates who face work-life conflicts, the best approach is to direct their efforts toward evaluating actual performance rather than presenteeism or “face-time”. Shainaz Firfiray is an assistant professor in the Organisation and Human Resource Management Group at Warwick Business School. About the Author.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Human resource recruitment and management in the private sector is another variable. Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill.

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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

They attributed those losses both to absenteeism and to “presenteeism,” when employees come to work too unwell to do their jobs. Health Human resources' The institute’s researchers concluded that common chronic diseases (including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease) are responsible for $1.1

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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

Seeing how this role is going to be a big part of work-life, employers need to reconsider their human resource policies to work in this burgeoning need. That is why a caregiver benefit is essential in an organization as all employees can find value in it.