Your department has absenteeism standards, a way to measure absenteeism, and, based on your investigation, you have concluded that your department has an excessive absenteeism rate. What should your next step be?
A) Set new absenteeism standards.
B) Develop new measures of absenteeism.
C) Terminate three employees for excessive absenteeism.
D) All of these would be good examples of taking corrective action.
E) None of these

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Setting new absenteeism standards and developing new measures may be helpful in addressing the issue, but they should not be the only actions taken. Terminating employees should only be considered after other corrective measures have been tried and failed. Therefore, engaging in all three actions would be the best approach.

Your Department Has Absenteeism Standards, a Way to Measure Absenteeism