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During any major sporting events, employees skip work to catch the action, says a global survey.
The Indian Premier League is an example of this trend in India, while it is soccer for other countries.
A survey commissioned by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Inc reveals that employees around the world have, to varying degrees, called in sick to work over a sporting event. Whether they stayed home to watch it on television, attended it live, played the sport themselves, or needed a day off after staying up late to watch, sports has a significant impact on attendance at work, says the survey conducted by Harris Interactive.
The survey, “Sidelined by Sports”, also looks at which sports keep employees from their jobs in each region and how guilty people feel about calling in sick.
When it came to what employers could do to prevent this , the top answer in every region was to allow flexible work hours – this tied for first place with allowing employees to work from home in India. Allowing employees to take unpaid leave and establishing a benefit such as summer Fridays were the other options chosen most frequently in every region.
Mr James Thomas, Country Manager, India, Kronos, a global workforce management company, said that the survey showed how unplanned absence can be a big challenge on the days IPL matches are held. “We are glad to bring attention of corporates to manage absences better in India, and provide practical insights to employee behaviour and trends.”
Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Mexico, the UK, and the US were represented in the survey.
When asked how employees felt about calling in sick to watch or play ? Pretty guilty!
The numbers of people who responded that they felt “at least somewhat guilty” were 92 per cent in France, 90 per cent in China, 85 per cent in Mexico, 78 per cent in India, 74 per cent in Australia, 71 per cent in the US, 64 per cent in Canada, and 63 per cent in the UK.
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