World of Industries

One of the important characteristics of Indian workers is that they are in the habit of abstaining from work and similarly they have a greater propensity to change the factory than the workers in the countries. The rate of absenteeism ranges from 13 % to 30 % and it varies with the seasons in the year, the highest being during March - june every year. Absenteeism is largely concered with authorised and un authorised reasons. Under authorised reasons include (a) sickness which cocontribute to about 3 percent of the total percentage of absenteeism; (b) accidents ( 0.2 to 0.4 percent ) (c) leave (3.0 to 3.5 percent ) which may be availed for visiting villaes attending to marriages festivals and social functions or for inability to attend the work place as it is far off include (1) fatigue of the workmen (2) bad habits like drinking (3) indebetness (4) punishment for absenteeism (5) gambling and (6) local festivals etc.