According to a press release, these unapproved absences typically are tracked at a manager's discretion (53 percent), while another 25 percent of respondents do so by monitoring it as unpaid time. However, respondents indicated authorized absences -- such as disability, maternity/paternity leave, sabbaticals, sick time and vacation time -- account for a higher percentage of payroll-related costs.

A little more than 20 percent of respondents listed sick time as accounting for more than 25 percent of all payroll costs, while nearly 60 percent said that vacation time accounts for more than 25 percent of payroll costs.

The majority of respondents (62 percent) track absences using a web- or PC-based solution, with 73 percent indicating that solution is part of their commercially available time and attendance software, the press release said. Thirty-eight percent of respondents still use manual/spreadsheets for absence monitoring, and the responsibility for those spreadsheets is split between payroll (56 percent) and managers (44 percent).

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