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According to the HSE, some 3.5 million people are employed as shift-workers in the UK in a wide variety of industries. (1) Poorly-designed shift-working arrangements and long working hours, with [...]

French night shift workers experience far better working conditions than those in the US. Currently, almost one in four French workers take part in shift work, against around one in 5 Americans. French regulations and research have helped to solve many problems experienced by the country's night-shift workers, with the emphasis on preventative medical care, plus benefits such as longer holidays and overtime regulation.

Some nurses elect to work 12-hour shifts; others have no option. However, evidence is mounting that working longer shifts has a negative impact on nurses' health and patients' well-being. A [...]

Pilots' unions have renewed their call for a scientific analysis of harmonised flight crew duty flight time limitations (FTL) between European countries, urging a review in 2009. The European Cockpit [...]

A report on ward staffing by the Healthcare Commission revealed the geographical extremes of shift working patterns in a 24-hour health care service. London hospitals favor internal rotation schemes more than hospitals in other regions with just five percent of nurses working nights only and 13 percent days only.

Rhode Island: The Rhode Island General Assembly is considering a bill that would prohibit nurses from being required to work beyond their regular shift, except in the case of an [...]

FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS between NZNO and the country's largest aged-care provider, Bupa, resumed earlier this month, after a two-month hiatus. Decent work, with guaranteed hours, and policy on shift cancellations are [...]

Number of days in advance restaurants will have to finalize shift schedules under a law passed late last month in Seattle. A similar 'secure scheduling' law, aimed solely at QSRs, [...]

A nurse can take a legal recourse to enforce an oral agreement made between her and her supervisor regarding shifting but this could be costly and futile without a witness. Nurses in this situation can talk to their supervisor to reinstate the original agreement then choose to either accept an unwanted shift or look for other positions based on the discussion's outcome.

The report by the NHSEs in-house temporary staff bank NHS Professionals has revealed that trusts in England are placing too much reliance on agency nurses in a move to save cash and cut costs, which is undermining patient safety. The late release of shifts due to financial constraints ends up being counterproductive for the trust both in terms of cost reduction and patient safety.

Nurses employed at the Malmesbury prison in the Western Ca De of South Africa have been suspended on full pay following a dispute with their employer on proposed new shifts. [...]

Resident hours: The United States Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has approved an 18-month review (www.acgme.org/acWebsite/home/nascaletter_feb2009.pdf) of resident duty hour standards in light of an Institute of Medicine committee [...]

ANF has been advocating on behalf of members at both John Fawkner and Melbourne Private Hospitals with respect to Healthscope's proposal to standardise existing 12-hour shift arrangements in their high [...]

A major decision by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) in April will lead to widespread action to stop aged care employers imposing excessive workloads, according to the Queensland Nurses [...]

Stephen J. Cabot is chairman of the labor relations and employment law department of the Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd. law firm in Philadelphia. Restaurants regularly ask their employees [...]