Working in shifts as we know it in the modern day originated at the start of the industrial revolution to keep up with maintaining and managing the factories. Since then, shift work has permeated all ...

Train and bus drivers, doctors and carers, employees in companies where machines run around the clock: In many industries, people work in shifts. Some start early in the morning, or at midday. Others ...

They depend heavily on chronotype, or an individual's biological timing. For example, some workers experienced higher metabolic risk, while others experienced higher safety and mental health risk, ...

Gamble, K.L., Resuehr, D., and Johnson, C.H. (2013). Shift work and circadian dysregulation of reproduction. Front Endocrinol, 4:92. Health impairments, including reproductive issues, are associated ...

Researchers have linked shift work to a variety of health and sleep issues. Experts have ideas on how to prevent them. By Eric Berger When Samantha Shaw took a new job as a research technician for a ...

Much attention has been paid to the challenges independent-minded Gen-Z employees have had adapting to the behavior, attitude, and value strictures of more traditional office workplaces. Indeed, the ...

The other night, I heard cabinets opening in the kitchen and the shuffling of bags and containers. My husband was looking for snacks with our 9-year-old. After, he got him ready for bed, read him a ...