Abscondment is not desertion, neither is it absence without leave (AWOL). Many people use the three terms interchangeably because they do not know that they are actually different forms of...
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Dismissing an employee for absenteeism
While employees are entitled to a certain amount of sick leave within a given period, the fact of the matter is that it is often abused. This is bad as it disrupts the business's overall efficiency...
Desertion – Three Distinctions
What can an employer do when it thinks that one of its employees went on AWOL? Desertion may seem like a fairly straightforward concept to deal with. However, the truth is that many employers get it...
Procedures for dealing with absconding employees
An employee doesn’t show up for work for three weeks without any explanation and without informing the employer why he/she is absent. The employer investigates the matter and comes to the conclusion...
The Difference between Absenteeism, Abscondment and Desertion
Many employers get confused between absenteeism, abscondment and desertion in the workplace, which causes them to deal with it incorrectly. All of them has to do with some form of “absenteeism”, but...
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