Rather than deterring employees from showing up late, this new rule actually encouraged them to take their time in the morning!
Being a punctual person is something a lot of us aspire to be. If you’re always on time, you’re seen as, while your perpetually-tardy counterparts are seen as less reliable, less conscientious and less disciplined. But no matter how hard we try, plenty of us still have a difficult time making it to work before our hours start. According to, a quarter of employees are late at least once a month, and 12% are tardy at least once a week.
When it comes to why we show up to work late so frequently, there are a few common culprits: traffic, oversleeping, bad weather, being too tired to get out of bed, and having to go back because something was forgotten. But it seems like many employers are actually understanding of workers showing up late from time to time, asexpect employees to be on time every day.
Tardiness does not typically need to be addressed unless it becomes a habit. If you notice employees are turning up late frequently and it’s impacting their job performance, or putting more work on other employees, it will be important to get to the bottom of it. Bosses should ask their employees why they are consistently late and see if there’s anything they can do to help them. There might be mental health issues contributing to an employee’s chronic lateness.
And while employers might need to have a conversation with team members who can’t seem to be on time, it’s important that these conversations happen privately,notes on their site. Bosses can work with their employees to create a plan of action to reduce their tardiness, and all conversations on the topic should happen one-on-one, or with an HR representative present. Shaming employees, particularly in front of one another, into showing up on time is never going to be an effective tactic.
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