Another important problem which had nudged the organisations to opt for shift work
is ‘transportation’. The heavily populated business and manufacturing centresencouraged workers to start their jobs at different times to lessen the traffic congestion.
Therefore shift work is an employment practice which is designed to make use of
the 24 hours of the clock instead of the standard working day of 8 hours. The term
shift work includes both long-term night shifts and work schedule in which employees
change or rotates their shifts