• Dr. M. Maheswari

Absenteeism plays a vital role in manufacturing and service oriented industry. Absenteeism has been recognized as a major issue now a days which affecting discipline and production in the industry. It is a major socio – psychological issues in industries. Absenteeism in Indian industry is not a new phenomenon. The Royal Commission of Labour reported, “High absenteeism prevails among industrial employees mainly due to their rural orientation”. Absenteeism is a serious issue for a management because it involves heavy expenditure and loss of production. The main objective of all organization is to maximize profit by maximum utilization of men, materials and money. When there is a problem of absenteeism the utilization of 3M’s are fairly reduced. Particularly in the textile industry the absenteeism and labour turnover are getting increased. In this present situation textile industries are facing a hectic issue on retention in the part of human resource management. Especially absenteeism includes few factors like satisfaction, motivation, wages, procedure for taking leave, leisure time, travel distance, shift time, work load, etc. are considered for the research analysis. The structured questionnaire was framed and collected from employees who is absent for more than 20 days. The percentage analysis, and chi – square analysis are the statistical tools used for analysis. The management needs to give training to employees regarding the schemes, arrange get together and motivational programs to develop their relationship with superior and colleagues.

Employee, Absenteeism, leave, work load, shift time, wages, satisfaction and motivation

"Absenteeism of Employees in Textile Industries with special reference to Tamilnadu State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.57-62, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806129.pdf

"Absenteeism of Employees in Textile Industries with special reference to Tamilnadu State", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp57-62, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806129.pdf