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Fortune
Emma Burleigh

Target is starting to track employees’ unexcused lateness and absences with a points system—and if they rack up 12, they’re fired

Target worker stocks shelves (Credit: Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images)

The post-pandemic days of coffee badging and logging in from the couch may be coming to an end. More employers have been rolling out novel ways to keep tabs on workers’ whereabouts. And now, retail giant Target is doubling down on its attendance policy with a new points system.

Starting this September, Target will begin tracking the unexcused tardiness and absences of its store and warehouse workers with a new points system, according to Business Insider reporting confirmed by the company.

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