Cincinnati city government deals with abseentism
The City of Cincinnati is facing a budget bind in relation to questionable time and attendance policies and employees' usage of them.
City records show one in every three city employees was off more than six normal work weeks or 240 hours in 2011, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Approximately 222 employees took off between 10 and 12-and-a-half work weeks last year, an act that University of California-San Diego professor of political science Steve Erie said would have them out of a job in the private sector.
An additional problem the city government is facing is the abuse of sick days and the ability to properly assess that problem. While the source notes that sick days taken on the day before or after a holiday may be legitimate, it's become increasingly difficult to determine.
"Absenteeism has a significant impact on our operations, hinders our ability to adequately deliver services, and in some cases causes a financial hardship due to paying unanticipated overtime," former Cincinnati Human Resources director Hilary Bohannon wrote in a memo, according to the source.
To address the problem, the city may want to take a page out of the private sector's handbook, adopting employee management software to handle attendance and use of sick and vacation days.
City records show one in every three city employees was off more than six normal work weeks or 240 hours in 2011, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Approximately 222 employees took off between 10 and 12-and-a-half work weeks last year, an act that University of California-San Diego professor of political science Steve Erie said would have them out of a job in the private sector.
An additional problem the city government is facing is the abuse of sick days and the ability to properly assess that problem. While the source notes that sick days taken on the day before or after a holiday may be legitimate, it's become increasingly difficult to determine.
"Absenteeism has a significant impact on our operations, hinders our ability to adequately deliver services, and in some cases causes a financial hardship due to paying unanticipated overtime," former Cincinnati Human Resources director Hilary Bohannon wrote in a memo, according to the source.
To address the problem, the city may want to take a page out of the private sector's handbook, adopting employee management software to handle attendance and use of sick and vacation days.
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