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 ...

Millions of people start work before sunrise—but their brains aren’t ready for it. A new clinical trial has found that the wake-promoting drug solriamfetol can significantly boost alertness in ...

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 ...

Health care workers who take on extended or overnight shifts, particularly during periods of operational strain, may face heightened fatigue that can affect their own well-being. This fatigue arises ...

The growing embrace of micro-shifts was one finding in the recent annual report by hourly workforce management company Deputy. That study, The Big Shift: How Gen Z is Rewriting the Rules of Hourly ...

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

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 ...

As Generation Z enters the workforce in growing numbers, they are bringing fresh perspectives and expectations that are reshaping the traditional workplace. This digital-native generation, born ...