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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Shift work refers to any job that falls outside of a more “traditional” nine to five work schedule, affecting most people who start work before 6:30 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. Millions of Americans are ...

Do your office, inbox and calendar feel like a ghost town on Friday afternoons? You’re not alone. I’m a labor economist who studies how technology and organizational change affect productivity and ...