Shift work has increasingly become a studied topic due to its threat to the physical health and mental well-being of shift workers. Firefighter shift work comprises long hours often combined with ...

SO many industries utilize shift work schedules that nearly 15 million full-time workers in the United States work shifts outside the traditional 9-to-5 or flextime workday, according to the Bureau of ...

If you ask a group of shiftworkers to describe their ideal shift schedule, you may hear statements like these: "Monday through Friday with 8-hour day shifts." "Monday through Thursday with 10-hour day ...

Statistics show that some 15 million Americans don’t work the typical nine-to-five. These employees (or shift workers), who punch in for graveyard or rotating shifts, are more prone to numerous health ...

Work schedules beyond the traditional eight-hour shift are increasingly common, particularly in emergency response, disaster recovery, and high-demand industries. While extended and unusual shifts ...

Train and bus drivers, doctors and carers, employees in companies where machines run around the clock: In many industries, people work in shifts. Some start early in the morning, or at midday. Others ...

Working in shifts as we know it in the modern day originated at the start of the industrial revolution to keep up with maintaining and managing the factories. Since then, shift work has permeated all ...

Just a few days on a night shift schedule throws off protein rhythms related to blood glucose regulation, energy metabolism and inflammation, processes that can influence the development of chronic ...

When Washington Township police officers had the idea more than a year ago to work longer shifts, Chief Jason Montgomery was all ears. Since January 2024, Montgomery has been scheduling officers for ...

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WorkJam, the leading digital frontline workplace solution, has unveiled its new Shift Bidding feature, designed to make scheduling in unionized workplaces and similarly ...