The Human Resource Manager of One of Hershey Foods' Production

question 123

True/False

The human resource manager of one of Hershey Foods' production facilities has been noticing an increase in absenteeism among assembly-line workers in the chocolate bar plant. Switching to a job rotation system would probably significantly decrease the amount of absenteeism.

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