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TRAVAIL ROTATION [2 records]

Record 1 2021-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

A [job] arrangement that allows workers to have a set number of days on a given work site, allowing them to return home at the end of their work schedule for a set number of days or time off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
CONT

This sleep disorder usually is a problem for people who work all night. But people who work an early morning shift—for example, starting at 4 a.m.—also may have sleep problems. Rotating shift work also can be hard. In these shifts, people work the day shift on some days and the night shift on others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
CONT

L'expression «travail en rotation» couvre une vaste gamme d'horaires de travail et signifie que les quarts varient ou alternent selon un calendrier déterminé. Ils peuvent être successifs, et couvrir 24 heures par jour, 7 jours par semaine, ou semi successifs, à raison de 2 ou 3 postes par jour, couvrant ou non les fins de semaine.

Spanish

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