Employees who are not committed to their jobs, coworkers, and the company are more likely to miss work simply because they have no motivation to go into the office.
Employees may be forced to miss work in order to stay home and take care of a child or elder relative when normal arrangements have fallen through or if the dependent is ill or hurt.
Heavy workloads, stressful meetings, presentations, and feelings of not being appreciated can cause employees to avoid going into work. Personal stressors from outside the workplace can also lead to absenteeism.