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Occasionally, life outside of work comes between an employee and their arrival at the office. Employees have families, rough days, broken things they need to fix, breakfast spilled on clean clothes, and a hundred other things which might go wrong on any given morning. It’s easy to be understanding with employees who are occasionally late but what do you do about the ones who are late all the time? Start by trying to sympathize with their issues and then consider some strategies to help get them on track.
Causes of Chronic Tardiness
There are many reasons other than plain irresponsibility that might lead to chronic tardiness and absenteeism. Some of these may include: