shiftwork
nounEtymology From shift + work.
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 eight-hour shifts: first shift, second shift, and third shift.
- Derived terms
- shiftworker
- Related terms
- day shift, graveyard shift, night shift, shiftworking, swing shift