A time to work: recent trends in shift work and flexible schedules (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, December 2007

A time to work: recent trends in shift work and flexible schedules

Terence M. McMenamin
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: McMenamin.Terence@bls.gov

Numerous U.S. workers have work schedules different from the standard 9 a.m.-to-5 p.m., Monday-through-Friday, work shift; the demands of the industry are the chief determinant of the use of shift work and flexible schedules.

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