How to avoid World Cup absences

Here’s how you can avoid them.

1. Allow employees to watch matches at work

Rooting for your nation together is a great way of bonding and building team morale.
Skip half time, and it’ll only cost you an hour and a half of each participating employee’s day – that’s just a long lunch break.  If you don’t have a TV, set one up, or even bring a radio into the office so you can listen to the game.

2. Take a flexible approach to working hours

This could be as simple as allowing staff to take time off to watch the matches and make up the hours later.

3. Let employees take their annual leave on match days

It might take some juggling, but it’s better to do this than for staff to simply call in sick; at least you can prepare if you know who will be absent.

4. Let employees work from home

If you have the infrastructure in place to make this possible, employees could work while they watch England play.

Remember, levels of employee absenteeism are predicted to rise by 17% the day after match day, too. So make sure you monitor absences, and that you make your company’s attendance policy clear.

This article was written by Tirebuck Recruitment, local recruiters in Solihull.

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