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Shift work
The world of health risks
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Health RisksNight work/shift work and
workers’ health have been a concern for some time.
There is a wealth of evidence from HSE and many other sources.
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Shift work and Cancer
• International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Danish Government: workers’ compensation
• HSE research
• IIDB?
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Shift work: other issues
• Legislation
• Employment sector/workplace
• Work-life balance – women and men
• Caring and family responsibilities
• Social life
• Personal health issues
• Age, Gender
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Who does shift work?
• Widespread across Europe
• 20% of the working population in Europe and North America
• UK Labour Force Survey 2005
Estimate: 3.6 million people in Britain ie
14% of the workforce “most of the time”
• Norway LFS 2008 34%
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Shift work – sector issues
• Civil Aviation
• Construction
• Road Transport/logistics
• Passenger transport (buses)
• Care workers
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Why Shift Work?
Economic reasons• The pace of change has quickened, plant and
equipment out of date more quickly• Maximise outputSocial reasonsChanges in living and working patterns create a
demand for goods and services outside traditional working hours eg retail, call centres.
• Security Reasons• Medical Reasons
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Shift work consequences
• Repetitive monotonous work may be less well performed
• Increased errors and accidents• Increased sickness absence• Increased labour turnover• Reduced morale
Though shift work also suits many workers
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What is shift work?
Working Time Regulations 1998
Any method of organising work in shifts whereby workers succeed each other at the same workstations, according to a certain pattern, including a rotating pattern, and which may continuous or discontinuous, entailing the need for workers to work at different times over a given period of days or weeks.
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Who is a shift worker?
Working Time Regulations 1998
Define a shift worker as:
Any worker whose work schedule is part of shift work.
Exclusions
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Night WorkWorking Time Regulations 1998
Night time, in relation to a worker, means a period– the duration of which is not less than seven hours– which includes a period between midnight and 5 am
which is determined for the purpose of the WTR by a relevant agreement, or, in the absence of such an agreement, the period between 11 pm and 6 am.
Night work means work during the night time.
Night worker means a worker • who as a normal course (i.e. on the majority of days on which s/he works) works at
least three hours of their daily working time during night time, or• who is likely, during the night time, to work at least such a proportion of her/his annual
working time as may be specified in a collective agreement or workforce agreement
Special Hazards limit
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Health Assessmentsand health surveillance
Night workers: a right to free health assessments
As there are health risks linked with night work, your employer must offer all night workers a free health assessment.
Health Surveillance – legal requirement under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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Prevention: Risk Assessment
• Consider the risks
• Establish systems to manage the risks
• Assess the risks
• Take action to reduce the risks
• Check and review
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What safety reps can do
• Information• Inspections• Agreements• Consultation• Health surveillance• Improve shift systems by minimising fatigue and risk• Training• Job Design• Welfare• Individuals and special groups
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Working shifts
should not
mean that your health
is compromised