Many nurses who contributed to our night shift discussion commented on the effects that different work schedules have on health and safety. Two issues that arose repeatedly were 8-hour shifts vs ...

My employer has tasked myself plus 2 with sorting out our own roster. Problem is we all want weekends off or either a weekday and weekend day consecutively. We have to work 5 day 8 hr shifts. Two ...

Hello! I am part of a team responsible for managing a mid-size call center staffing and have been struggling for some time with simplifying it. I've taken it upon myself as a personal challenge since ...

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 ...

Although shift work is typically reserved for hourly workers, businesses that employ salaried workers, especially those companies that are open for over 10 hours a day, use it to remain staffed.

Work shift scheduling refers to the allocation of duties to employees to work in alternating groups for a fixed number of hours. Shift length, schedule format, on-off work patterns and overtime are ...

Managing 24x7 coverage can be challenging. What is the best rotation? The best shift times? Well, we can’t say for sure but looking at the data we were able to pull some of the most common schedules.