Companies that have offered paid parental leave for employees have reported improved employee retention, reduced absenteeism and on-training costs, and boosted productivity and morale.
Los Angeles schools superintendent Carvalho told the Philadelphia Inquirer in May that the district had seen a 32 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism.
Following the pandemic, " chronic absenteeism reached levels never before seen in this community, " Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told reporters in February.
Also, we can predict as early as late elementary school and middle school the early warning indicators of chronic absenteeism, poor behavior, course performance in reading and math.
Every small steps counts, because brushing this topic under the carpet perpetuates lack of access to sanitary absorbents, ignorance of menstrual health issues, school absenteeism, infection and so much more.
Education policy experts call the problem " chronic absenteeism." Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing more than 10 percent, or about a total of 18 days, out of the school year.
Researchers in 2003 found that when employees were allowed to play Solitaire or minesweeper for an hour a day, they felt better about their jobs, leading to reduced absenteeism and better task completion.