Reducing Absenteeism

• The nation's largest employers estimate that unscheduled absenteeism costs their businesses more than $760,000 per year in direct payroll costs. Family issues account for 22 percent of all unscheduled absences – the second leading cause after personal illness.***
• Fifty-nine percent of employees or their spouses missed work in the last year due to breakdowns in child or elder care and of these employees nearly 56 percent were out for three to 10 days.****
• Eight-six percent of respondents reported that in the last six months, back-up care enabled them to work on a day they otherwise would not have been able to.**
• Respondents who have used adult/elder care within the past six months saved an average of 10 work days.**