Compiling, maintaining and using absence records: the 2010 IRS survey

Timely and accurate absence records are the foundation on which the sound management of absence depends. This IRS survey - the first in our three-part series on absence records, targets and triggers - looks at how data are collected and used, and steps taken to improve the quality of records kept. 

On this page:
Collecting absence data
Chart 1: Who compiles/maintains absence records?
Maintaining absence records
Using absence data
Table 1: How absence records are used
Problems with absence records
Table 2: Problems with absence records
Addressing problems
Chart 2: Success in improving absence records
Our research
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