Articles - Absenteeism

Absenteeism can seriously impact customer service levels, team morale, and your contact centre’s bottom line. This collection brings together our best articles, webinars, videos, and tools to help you understand, measure, and reduce absenteeism across your operation. Whether you’re looking for fresh ideas to improve attendance, real-world examples from other centres, or expert advice on managing wellbeing and engagement, you’ll find everything you need right here.

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The Real Reasons You’re Failing to Tackle Lateness
Shaping the Future: 2026 Priorities for WFM Professionals
Shaping the Future: 2026 Priorities for WFM Professionals
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Where Do WFM Systems Have the Biggest Impact?
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Stop Making Your Absence Rates Go Up!
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The Benefits of Switching Up Your Agents’ Day
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Why You Shouldn’t Make Assumptions About Unsociable Hours
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What is the Difference Between Absenteeism and Shrinkage?
5 Signs Your Agents Don’t Care
How to Deal with Short-Notice Absence Requests
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The Top Ten Call Centre Problems
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Tackle the 3 A’s – Absence, Agent Burnout, and Attrition
Top Tips for Employee Absence
The Best Ways to Benchmark Your Contact Centre
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Need to Reduce Absence in Your Contact Centre? Here’s How!
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The Top Ten Call Centre Solutions
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11 Top Tips on Flexible Shift Patterns
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Using Gamification to Increase Contact Centre Engagement
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4 Steps to Managing Absence
5 Practical Solutions for Tackling Staff Absence
Answers: Incentive Schemes
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Absenteeism is a Big Problem for Contact Centre Supervisors
How to Reduce Call Centre Attrition