Shift Work definition

Shift Work is defined as the same work performed by two or more employees or two or more successive sets or groups of employees working successive periods.
Shift Work means ordinary hours work done by separate relays of employees working recognised hours, receding, during or following the ordinary working hours of day workers.
Shift Work means any method of organizing work in shifts whereby workers succeed each other at the same workstations according to a certain pattern, including a rotating pattern, and which may be continuous or discontinuous, entailing the need for workers to work at different times over a given period of days or weeks.

Examples of Shift Work in a sentence

  • Shift Work Premium Effective July 1, 2007, a shift work premium of $1.05 per hour will be paid for all hours worked on jobs which regularly rotate between two or three shifts; for jobs which are regularly worked only on the shift commonly known as the P.M. shift; and for jobs which are regularly worked only on the shift commonly known as the owl shift.


More Definitions of Shift Work

Shift Work means any method of organising work in shifts whereby workers succeed each other at the same work stations according to a certain pattern, including a rotating pattern, and which may be continuous or discontinuous, entailing the need for workers to work at different times over a given period of days or weeks (definition of the directive 2003/88/EC).
Shift Work means work where more than one shift of not less than 8 hours per day is worked.
Shift Work means work extending for at least 4 weeks and performed either in daily recurrent periods or in regular rotating periods within the limits defined for "Early Morning Shift" or "Afternoon Shift" or "Night Shift".
Shift Work means any system of work in which operations are being continued by the employment of a group of employees upon work on which another group had been engaged prior thereto.
Shift Work means work done by separate relays of employees working recognised hours, preceding, during or following the normal working hours for day workers.
Shift Work is defined as the same work performed by two or more workers or two or more successive sets or groups of workers working successive periods. Employees who are shift workers may be granted up to one week (five working days) additional annual leave on completion of 12 months' employment on shift work (or pro rata according to proportion of the year on shift work) in accordance with the provisions outlined below: