Shiftworking

There has been a considerable amount of research published recently concerning the detrimental effects that working shifts could have on your health. Here, we examine what these effects may be, and what employers can do to help eliminate these effects. Shiftwork is more common than people think: although there are no exact figures, as many as 15% of the UK workforce – nearly 4 million people - do shift work, and many more do it ‘occasionally’.Who is a shift worker?Under the Working Time Regul... (588 more words)

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