Number of days absent per employee excluding maternity and paternity leave
This measure calculates the number of days absent annually per employee, excluding absences for maternity and paternity leave. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures, it helps companies evaluate additional variables not covered elsewhere for the "reward and retain employees" process.
Benchmark Data
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Units for this measure are days.
Number of days absent due to sickness excluding maternity and paternity leave per employee
Key Terms
Supplemental information is data that APQC determines is relevant to decision support for a specific process, but does not fit into the other measure categories such as cost effectiveness, cycle time, or staff productivity.
The metric value which represents the 50th percentile of a peer group. This could also be communicated as the metric value where half of the peer group sample shows lower performance than the expressed metric value or half of the peer group sample shows higher performance than the expressed metric value.
Full-time Employee
For the purpose of this survey, a regular full-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is normally scheduled to work forty hours per week. Appointment is continuous, subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
Part-time Employee
For the purpose of this survey, a regular part-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is scheduled to work less than forty hours per week.
Temporary Employee
A temporary employee is employed for a finite period of time, to fulfill a time-limited role, or to fill the role of a permanent employee who is absent from work. The length of time an employee can work for the organization and be considered a temporary employee may be governed by employment legislation.