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ABSENTEEISM [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2019-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
  • Labour Law
DEF

The practice of a worker of failing to report for work for a period of one or more days or shifts, when he has been assigned to or scheduled for work.

CONT

[The assumptions] reflect normal absenteeism, peak illness and caregiving absenteeism and a prudent planning buffer to account for heterogeneous effects across work units, possible workplace-avoidance absenteeism and possible absenteeism stemming from public health measures such as school closures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
  • Droit du travail
DEF

Fréquence des absences exprimée ou mesurée en personnes-heure, en personnes-jour ou encore en pourcentage au sein d'un groupe donné de travailleurs

CONT

[Les hypothèses] reflètent le taux d'absentéisme normal, le pic d'absentéisme attribuable à la maladie et à la nécessité de s'occuper d'un proche, et offrent une zone tampon de planification prudente pour tenir compte des effets hétérogènes parmi les unités de travail, de l'absentéisme possible attribuable à la peur de contracter la maladie au travail et de l'absentéisme pouvant résulter des mesures de santé publique telles que la fermeture des écoles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Prácticas y condiciones de trabajo
  • Derecho laboral
DEF

Ausencia justificada o no del trabajo sin previo conocimiento del superior. Es normal que una empresa tenga un porcentaje de absentismo entre el 2% y el 4%.

OBS

absentismo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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