Tackling absenteeism — GM provides a driving force

Abstract

Absenteeism can be a very expensive business. For example, in 1968 General Motors (GM) estimated the annual cost of a five per cent absenteeism level spread uniformly throughout the Corporation at $50m. Today the figure would be markedly higher. Further, such costs include only what is directly measurable. A variety of hidden costs are excluded; they include:

Citation

Jones, L. (1981), "Tackling absenteeism — GM provides a driving force", Education + Training, Vol. 23 No. 6, pp. 191-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016829