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...minutes also record Ralph as absent from 21 meetings since April, 1975 (as opposed to 12 absences for Danehy and eight for McLaughlin). Ralph claims that several of his unexplained absences were actually misrecorded cases of his adjourning the meeting before McLaughlin and Danehy arrived...
...minutes are blatantly one-sided in their treatment of absenteeism. While the record for April 20, 1976 notes sympathetically that Danehy "was unable to be present," it adds somewhat less ceremoniously, "Commissioner Ralph being absent." Ralph and McLaughlin were equally non-existent at the meeting of July 13, 1976, but the minutes, "Paul F. Ford, under order dated Jan. 13, 1976, acted for Commissioner McLaughlin--Commissioner Ralph being absent...
...only the result of pay. An even greater problem is absenteeism, which at Volvo's Torslanda assembly plant just outside the Gothenburg headquarters runs to 20% daily. That means Volvo in effect has to pay five employees to do the work of four. Some workers are absent an average of 65 days a year each...
Ironically, opening the U.S. plant could have helped. American workers presumably would have been absent less often than Swedes, and the labor cost of Volvos sold in the U.S. would have been reduced. "The advantages of manufacturing in the States are still there," says Volvo Senior Vice President Robert Dethorey, "but first it is a matter of utilizing the capacity we have." So long as the government insists that employees be paid for not working, Volvo's prospects are anything but bright...
Under the policy, workers who are absent or have to leave early because of bad weather conditions will not be charged for their absence but will be required to make up the work without pay at another time if the departmental supervisor so decides...