A Study on Employee Absenteeism in Coimbatore Murugan Mills Ltd

Abstract

A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non – executive level. An individual who works part – time or full – time under a contract of employment, whether oral or written, express or implied, and has recognized rights and duties. Also called worker. Employee’s presence at work place during the scheduled time is highly essential for the smooth running of the production process in particular and the organization in general. Despite the significance of their presence, employees sometimes fail to report at the work place during the scheduled time, which is known as ‘absenteeism’.

Labour Bureau, Simla, defined the term ‘absenteeism’ as “the failure of a worker to report for worker when he is scheduled to work”. Labour Bureau also states that “absenteeism is the total man-shifts lost because of absence as a percentage of the total number of man-shifts scheduled to work”. According to Webster’s Dictionary, “absenteeism is the practice or habit of being an ‘absence’ and an absentee is one who habitually stays away”.