shiftwork

See also: shift work

English

Alternative forms

• shift work

Etymology

From shift +‎ work.

Noun

shiftwork (uncountable)

1. Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
2. A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift.

Related terms

• day shift
• graveyard shift
• night shift
• shiftworking
• swing shift

Translations

work outside customary working hours

Finnish: iltatyö (fi) (evening), yötyö (fi) (night), viikonlopputyö (weekend)

rotating mode of work

Chinese: Mandarin: 輪班工作 / 轮班工作 (lúnbān gōngzuò) Danish: turnus c Finnish: vuorotyö (fi), kolmivuorotyö (fi) French: travail posté m, travail par équipes m, travail par quarts m (Canada) German: Schichtarbeit (de) f Indonesian: sif (id) Japanese: シフト勤務 (shifuto kinmu), 交代勤務 (こうたいきんむ, kōtai kinmu) Maori: mahi tīpako Russian: сме́нная рабо́та f (sménnaja rabóta), рабо́та по сме́нам f (rabóta po sménam) Turkish: vardiyalı çalışma

Anagrams

• work shift