| Document ID (ISN) | 33167 |
| CIS number |
80-567 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0020-7780 - International Labour Review - Revue internationale du Travail - Revista internacional del trabajo |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
McEvan Young W. |
| Title |
Shift work and flexible schedules: are they compatible? |
| Original title |
Le travail par équipes et les horaires variables sont-ils compatibles ? [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.- Feb. 1980, Vol.119, No.1, p.1-17. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
Aspects considered: rise in incidence of shift working in Western industrial society; disruption of normal social and family life; disruption of circadian rhythms and sleep; gastric disorders; general problem of matching work and leisure needs; rearrangement of shift schedules (slow and fast rotation); personal flexibility schemes; flexible-time manning and fulfilment of the work-year contract; manning levels in shift production; rounding down and rounding up; the work-year contract in concept and in practice (description of experience in 2 firms). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
shift work; flexible working time; work time schedules |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
circadian rhythm; work organization |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hours of work
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