shiftwork

See also: shift work

English

Alternative forms

• shift work

Etymology

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

 

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
• 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)

Anagrams

• work shift