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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Work performed at a mine and paid for by day wage as opposed to payment byresults, namely by tonnage, yardage, or price list. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SHIFT WORKSynonym: Shift systems. (additional references) |
Crosswords: SHIFT WORK |
| Specialty definitions using "SHIFT WORK": psychosocial work environment factor ♦ Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | About 20 million Americans (20 to 25 percent of workers) perform shift work. Most shift workers get less sleep over 24 hours than day workers. (references) | |
Such alterations occur during shift work, transmeridian travel, or changes in daily routine or sleep patterns (earlier arousal and earlier bedtime tendency), or they may occur spontaneously. (references) | ||
An important area of study is the disruption of normal circadian rhythms by transmeridian time shifts, dislocation such as moving to a nursing home, and shift work. These may result in sleep disturbances with attendant problems with family, driving, and recreation. (references) | ||
Women | Bosnia and Herzegovina | A woman with underage children may not be required to perform shift work. (references) |
Worker Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | All Palestinians from the occupied territories are employed on a daily basis and, unless they are employed on shift work, are not authorized to spend the night in Israel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shift work | 79 |
shift work schedule | 24 |
night shift work | 4 |
shift work health | 4 |
shift work hazard | 3 |
effects health shift work | 3 |
shift work scheduling | 3 |
safety shift work | 3 |
12hr schedule shift work | 3 |
family shift work | 2 |
police shift work | 2 |
12 hour schedule shift work | 2 |
health risk shift work | 2 |
disorder sleep shift work | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SHIFT WORK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | vuorotyö. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Schichtarbeit. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | δουλειά με βάρδιεσ. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | váltott mûszak. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iftshay orkway vardiyalı iş. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-h-i-k-o-r-s-t-w" | |
-3 letters: firths, fortis, friths, froths, frowst, rowths, shrift, throws, whorts, worths. | |
-4 letters: first, firth, foist, forks, forth, forts, frisk, frith, frits, frosh, frost, froth, frows, hoist, horst, howfs, howks, kiths, rifts, riots, rotis, rowth, shift, shirk, shirt, short, shtik, skirt, stirk, stork, strow, swift, swith, throw, tiros, torsi, torsk, trios, trois, trows, whirs. | |
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