Ausentismo laboral en tiempos de Covid-19

Abstract

This study addresses the issue of absenteeism from work in times of covid-19, taking as a starting point that absenteeism from work is the absence or abandonment, justified or not, by the employee during the legal workday, the same as it can have a negative impact on the economic sustainability process of a company. With the main objective of determining the causes of work absenteeism in times of COVID-19, in the company Zambritisa S.A. A quantitative methodology was used, taking the survey as an instrument for collecting information. The survey format is structured by four general items and eight questions, which seek to diagnose the causes of absenteeism in times of COVID-19 in the company Zambritisa SA The sample for the present investigation is made up of 196 collaborators who were selected randomly without the use of inclusion and exclusion criteria since the problem is generalized and affects each of the individuals. Taking as the main conclusion that, among the main causes of absenteeism during the COVID-19 pandemic in the company Zambritisa SA is the fear of being infected and the difficulty of moving to the company, a considerable group also states that they did not go to work for fear of infecting the family and a minority decided to continue in confinement and biosecurity measures imposed by the relevant government agencies, taking into account that absenteeism from work during the pandemic was 62.23%.