Reducing staff absenteeism

I can see why this worked!

The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies found that there was a problem with staff absenteeism where staff were working with developmentally disabled individuals in group homes.
Charles A. Boudreau and his colleagues Walter P. Christian and Susan F. Thibadeau of the May Institute successfully reduced the days that group home staff were absent. They did it by using a simple procedure.
In the study a slight change was made in proceedure. The new proceedure required staff not only find their own coverage, they had to notify an immediate supervisor there was an unscheduled absence.
This resulted in a reduction in the use of unscheduled leave by 56% in the first group home, 66% in the second and 35% in the third. More on the study