HR & People
Absence Rate aliases: absenteeism rate, lost-time rate
The share of scheduled work time lost to employees not showing up.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
The fork is what "absence" includes.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: SHRM · BLS Current Population Survey (absence definition)