A woman employee stands outside a modern office. She is entering her employee ID code to clock in and gain access to the office. An employee attendance policy sets clear expectations around ...

In many businesses, physical attendance is critical. If you’re a manufacturing facility, the line can’t run without the employees. If your creative team is working together to come up with a new ...

Each corporation, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, set their own policies for attendance at board meetings. To ensure that each meeting has a quorum, or minimum number of attendees to ...

Employee attendance issues give managers some of their biggest headaches, but it’s surprising how many employers pay little attention to developing policies to keep absences in check while avoiding ...

There’s nothing like sitting in your 8 a.m. class, trying to focus on the lecture, taking notes or completing an assignment while being surrounded by the beautiful chorus of wet coughs, sniffles and ...

To improve school attendance in a state with one of the nation’s highest absenteeism rates, Oregon education officials on ...

Last week, New York State enacted legislation that bans “no-fault” attendance policies. The new law, which will take effect in 90 days, prohibits employers from penalizing workers based on “use of any ...

The Canadian poet Tom Wayman wrote a darkly humorous poem in response to a question we faculty members hear frequently from students who have missed class. In “Did I Miss Anything?” he conveys the ...

OTHERS ARE VERY CONFUSED ABOUT IT. COMPARED TO STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NEW MEXICO RANKS REALLY LOW WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION. AS FOR THE REASONS, ONE OF THEM IS THAT STUDENTS JUST AREN’T SHOWING ...

One to unlimited. That’s the range of absences I’m allowed in my classes before it affects my grade. In my class with the most extreme attendance policy, one excused absence is permitted, and every ...

The University of Minnesota’s attendance policy this semester allows instructors to assess on a case-by-case basis what they consider to be legitimate and unavoidable absences with a list of ...

Attendance is one of the most important factors that determine a student's success, and daily head count is crucial to school funding. But in the pandemic, schools have to rethink attendance policies.