Corey Hickman runs Comfort Matters in Minneapolis. In this short 15-minute episode, he shares the processes and techniques he’s implemented to improve employee attendance. In this, you’ll learn concrete solutions to resolve unplanned absences, tardiness, and missed meetings.

Corey also guested on a previous episode about shifting to a 4-day work week.

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Here’s what we discussed:

00:25 How to deal with employees with attendance issues

Documentation and keeping track of absences or tardiness
Looking for trends and patterns in attendance behavior

03:51 What to do to change the behavior

Setting expectations and clear time schedule
Finding the people that want to work while hiring
Reinforcing the importance of everyone’s attendance in monthly meetings

08:00 Benchmarks or limits to attendance issues

Hiring more staff to prevent disorder when the someone doesn’t show up
How they resolved the absences and tardiness in meetings

10:25 Process for approving time off

Step-by-step for employees to get time off
Timeframe for turning in time off requests

12:46 Recap of the process

13:35 Having a vacation program

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#49: How to Deal With Employee Attendance | Corey Hickman