The report, titled “Solving the Top ASC Employee Discipline Problems,” surveyed members of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association at the 2013 annual conference. The biggest discipline issues for staffing included:
• Attendance and tardiness: 30 percent
• Employee interactions and disputes: 28 percent
• At-work attitude: 24 percent
• Policy compliance: 9 percent
• Performance and a hostile work environment: 9 percent
The report detailed strategies to mitigate employee issues and case studies with solutions to past issues at ASCs.
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