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How can we reduce the regular tardiness of the office staff?

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Question added by Pramodh Kumar KL , Senior HR Executive , AlMutlaq Real Estate Investment Company
Date Posted: 2015/11/25
Cristina Asuncion
by Cristina Asuncion , General Accountant , Gulf Coasts Company LLC

Tardiness cannot be avoided once in a while since there are some reasons out of our control.  But if the pattern continuously showing that a staff is late, then verbal communication is necessary.  If verbal communication is not enough, written communication  should be given and impose disciplinary action if needed because if one employee is late and you don't take action, the higher the percentage that others will also follow.

Zainul Ansari
by Zainul Ansari , Senior Hr Manager , Tripborn

First we need to understand whts' the reason behind it on the same note have to also communicate the policy. we can also develop the system or polices where employee get benifit to come on time that how we encourage them to be punctual  or we can reduce the regular tardiness.

 

Chronic tardiness can damage the business reputation and especially if it occurs within a small office. The main points that should be considered when facing employees tardiness are; first to track the employees time and attendance making sure that there is a detailed record including the reasons for not showing up on time. If there is a pattern of tardiness occurs on specific days such as Sundays, the manager should talk to the employee to hear their side of the story before making decisions. Next, the attendance policies should be reviewed and stressed with the entire team. By enforcing the tardiness policy and emphasizing that there will consequences or implementing a disciplinary action. Not to forget the importance of celebrating improvements with the staff who take initiative for changing their behaviors. 

Sohail Raza
by Sohail Raza , Executive Officer , Pak-Qatar Family Takaful

When you own your own business, you rely on your employees to help you run your company efficiently. If an employee is consistently late, others in the company start to notice, oftentimes causing frustration and friction.

Sometimes being late is unavoidable, depending on the circumstances. However, chronic tardiness requires intervention before the behavior becomes a serious problem.

1-Identify the Behavior

2-Be Proactive

3-Verbalize your Disappointment

4-Come up with an action Plan

5-Respect a Person's Privacy

6-Clearly outline the consequencyes

7-Reward Improvments

   

Habitual tardiness of the workforce has been a continuous challenge for all business owners. Left unchecked, this will most likely lead to negative accustomed behavior and culture of the company that will be detrimental to the overall productivity of the organization. 

On the other hand, how do we ensure that this attitude will be curtailed and not get out of hand. First, we must put in place a clear policy on tardiness. This must be distributed to all employees and included in the orientation manuals of the new hire employees together with its corresponding sanctions for any offenses. Second, we should track the time when employees reach the office, therefore, a Biometric Finger Print Attendance System or anything that has the same principle have to be established. Next, we must address any known transgressors for remediation of this behavior and follow through the corporal punishment as stipulated in the house rules of the company. Though, there may be excruciating circumstances that we should take into consideration, but we have to validate it and make sure the it will not be chronic.

In conclusion, we ought to remember that any policy is like a castle in the sand on the shore unless we strictly enforce it and aim for a marginal conventional threshold of compliance and prevent any lasting damage in the company.

Dakhel Almutairi
by Dakhel Almutairi , HR & Admin Director , Arabian pipes

Change the functions of each period deportation staff for the boredom of routine

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