{"id":2997,"date":"2017-05-23T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T11:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypay.com\/2017\/05\/23\/employee-absenteeism\/"},"modified":"2020-05-04T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T22:05:38","slug":"employee-absenteeism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypay.com\/resource-center\/blog\/employee-absenteeism\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Absenteeism: Ten Reasons Why Employees Miss Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employers can expect their employees to call in sick from time to time. Sometimes the calls are legitimate, but other times they might be more of a stretch to believe. It turns out some excuses are better than others. It also seems that calling into work may be an industry-specific matter. Some companies are more likely to fall victim of employee absenteeism than others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to AXA PPP Healthcare, employers are skeptical of excuses when it comes to calling in sick. The \u201cbest excuses\u201d, from an employer\u2019s perspective, or the excuses most believed by managers are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Flu: 41.6% <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Back pain: 38.5%<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Injury caused by accident: 38.2%<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Stress: 34.5%<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Elective surgery: 35.2%<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Depression: 34.5%<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Anxiety: 25.4%<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Common cold: 23.8%<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Migraine: 21.7%<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. None of the above: 7.7%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    As you may notice, the most commonly accepted excuse for a workplace absence is the flu – still, less than 50% of employers deem it acceptable. Perhaps one of the more common excuses for a workplace absence is a migraine, which only one in five bosses accept as a good excuse for a workplace absence. Maybe this is because the AXA PPP Healthcare survey shows that 12% employees admit they would lie about having a migraine to get out of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Industries with high call out rates<\/span> <\/h2>\n

    Absenteeism follows a pattern. There are patterns with the types of excuses employees give, as well as the types of excuses employers believe. There are also industry-specific patterns. Gallup recently conducted a poll to determine which industries have the highest rates of absenteeism. Three of the 10 most common industries to call in are:<\/span><\/p>\n