Circumstances may justify causing an employee’s delay. However, if tardiness persists, management must act to guarantee and promote timeliness across the team.
What happens if workers are late?
However, unexpected circumstances, blunders, or personal difficulties might lead a staff member to be late. These are usually isolated instances that don’t affect colleagues or management. For example, an employee may be late due to a dead battery, flat tire, or family emergency.
So long as tardiness does not become a habit, management may be flexible. It becomes an issue when it becomes a habit. Being late costs the organization money and sets a bad example for employees.
A paid employee arriving five minutes late every day for a week isn’t merely losing thirty minutes. The disruption to the entire work system and break in the mindset of other employees already in the zone at work is almost incalculable.
The corporation pays the employee for time spent doing nothing. More workers may follow suit if the employee’s tardiness remains without comment. When one team member comes late, it feels unfair to those who arrange their affairs to get to work on time. It may cause others to be disappointed or disheartened about showing up on time.
