Attendance policy

Points that end employment, in the window
8
Unexcused absences alone that reach it
8
Tardies alone that reach it
16
No-call, no-shows alone that reach it
4

Every figure on this page is computed from the policy figures you enter, by the method stated below it. RollCallWorks publishes no norm for points, thresholds or windows and asserts no legal rule: the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own policy.

Your numbers

The figures above start from a worked example (8). Change any input and the answer updates as you type.

Download the Attendance policy worked example (CSV)

This writes an attendance policy as the five numbers it actually is. Points for an unexcused absence, for a tardy and for a no-call, no-show; the threshold at which the policy ends employment; and the rolling window the points count in. From those it shows how many absences, tardies or no-calls alone reach the threshold, which is the sentence every employee reads first. Every figure is yours; the tool publishes no norm and asserts no legal rule. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan prints the policy under your name and scores every shift against it.

Three events, three point values

A points policy scores three things: an unexcused absence, a tardy past the grace the policy allows, and a no-call, no-show, which is the one that leaves the shift short without warning and is usually scored highest. The template takes a point value for each so the policy says in numbers what it means by serious.

The threshold and the window are the policy's tolerance

The threshold is the points at which employment ends, and the window is how long a point counts before it falls off. Eight points in twelve months is a different policy from eight points in six, and the template states both so the tolerance is written rather than implied. Neither number is published here; both are yours.

How many of each reaches the line, stated plainly

The threshold divided by the points for each event is how many of that event alone ends employment: eight absences, sixteen tardies or four no-calls on the worked example. Stating it turns the policy from arithmetic into a warning an employee can act on, and it is the line a write-up quotes.

Attendance policy: common questions

Is this a free attendance policy template?

Yes. Enter the points for an absence, a tardy and a no-call, the threshold and the window, and it states the policy on the page with how many of each event reaches the threshold, no account and no card. Print it as it stands. RollCallWorks Pro adds your business name and scores every shift against the policy.

What points should an attendance policy use?

Your figures; the worked example uses one, a half and two with a threshold of eight to show the arithmetic. What matters is that the points reflect how much each event costs the business, that the threshold is one it can carry, and that the window is written down. The tool publishes no norm.

Can a points policy count protected leave?

In general an absence protected by federal or state leave law may not be scored, and most policies clear an absence a doctor's note covers. The template states what the policy scores as unexcused; which absences are excused is the policy's decision and your adviser's, and the terms say so.

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Keeping what you make

The policy and the arithmetic are free forever. Pro turns them into the record: every employee with their points in the window, every shift's roll call, every write-up filed against the person with the policy it cited, your business name on it, and a clean export when the question comes.

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