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Topic: Night Work

	Alert At Work - Myths about shift work
		This is the greatest fear of employers and a common perception of both the general public and shift workers themselves.
		Certainly, those who agree with this statement reflect the fact that shift work requires something of the shift worker, that is, the shift worker must employ strategies to ensure sufficient sleep and good health.
		Even though there are individuals who do quite well with shift and night work, there are some (perhaps up to 20% of the population) who will never do well with shift and night work.
	www.alertatwork.com /content/view/58/29 (706 words)

	ILOLEX: English display cgi
		Specific measures required by the nature of night work, which shall include, as a minimum, those referred to in Articles 4 to 10, shall be taken for night workers in order to protect their health, assist them to meet their family and social responsibilities, provide opportunities for occupational advancement, and compensate them appropriately.
		Night workers certified, for reasons of health, as unfit for night work shall be transferred, whenever practicable, to a similar job for which they are fit.
		A night worker certified as temporarily unfit for night work shall be given the same protection against dismissal or notice of dismissal as other workers who are prevented from working for reasons of health.
	www.ilo.org /ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C171 (1741 words)

	U.S. Department of Labor - Find It By Topic - Work Hours - Night Work & Shift Work
		Extra pay for working night shifts is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative).
		However, the FLSA does require that covered, nonexempt workers be paid not less than time and one-half the employee's regular rate for time worked over 40 hours in a workweek.
		A report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the hazards associated with shift and night work.
	www.dol.gov /dol/topic/workhours/nightwork.htm (149 words)

	Legislation narrows scope of night work
		In March 1999, legislation was published narrowing the scope of the definition of night work in Portugal, thus implementing parts of various international instruments (such as the EU working time Directive) and a commitment in a 1996 national tripartite agreement.
		Portugal's 1996-9 tripartite Strategic Concertation Pact (PT9808190F) provided for a narrowing of the definition of night work, to be based on law and achieved through collective bargaining, which was considered the most appropriate means of adapting the legal regime to the needs and demands of each sector of activity.
		The definition of night work is now work which is carried out for a minimum of seven hours and a maximum of 11 hours, including the period between 00.00 and 05.00.
	www.eiro.eurofound.ie /1999/04/inbrief/pt9904142n.html (345 words)

	Text from 'Highway 125 Night Work' PowerPoint Presentation - FHWA Work Zone
		Speaker Notes: Construction personnel who work at night or in low light conditions are 2 1/2 times more likely to be seriously injured or killed as a result of being struck by motorists or piece of mobile equipment.
		Work periods, planning by the contractor before work began, training of all personnel who would be on the site, special signing requirements.
		The night work plan included such things as details of their traffic control procedures, plans for the passage of emergency vehicles and how they intended to apply temporary markings during night operations.
	www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov /wz/workshops/accessible/kennedy.htm (3914 words)

	EMIRE: BELGIUM - NIGHT WORK
		As a general rule of law, night work is prohibited in Belgium.
		However, night work is also permitted in order to avert a possible accident or cope with an actual accident, or because of urgent work on machinery or equipment.
		For work that cannot be interrupted or postponed, and in the case of shiftwork, a female employee may work until 2300 hrs and in some instances until 2400 hrs.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /emire/BELGIUM/NIGHTWORK-BE.html (293 words)

	Grading and Excavation Contractor \| Work at Night
		When you're working at night, there are a lot more distractions and a lot of things you have to compensate for–both for equipment operators and the crews working around them.
		The workers interviewed unanimously agreed that nighttime work had a negative effect on their body rhythms and all reported that their families reacted negatively when they worked at night.
		As long as construction work involves a capital investment in machinery, as more and more projects are put on the fast track, night work will continue to be a fixture on the construction scene.
	www.forester.net /gx_0207_construction.html (3047 words)

	Night Work
		Night work includes any night work performed by an employee during hours which night shift differential is authorized as part of his or her regularly scheduled administrative work week.
		Night shift differential is payable for holidays and during periods of leave with pay if the employee would have worked a night shift had the employee been present for duty.
		General Schedule (GS): Night shift differential pay for GS employees is authorized at a rate of 10% over the scheduled rate when the actual hours of the regularly scheduled work fall between the hours of 6:00 p.m.
	www.doi.gov /hrm/pmanager/er8d1b.html (217 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey - Night Work
		A full-time or part-time employee who performs work at night is entitled to pay for work at his or her rate of basic pay plus premium pay amounting to 10% of that basic rate provided:
		(1) An employee is entitled to night pay differential when he or she is temporarily assigned during the administrative workweek to a daily tour of duty that includes night work.
		However, the compensation of an employee working regularly on rotating day and night shifts is the rate of the shift to which he/she would have been assigned had he/she not taken leave (26 Comp.
	www.usgs.gov /usgs-manual/370-500/370-5502.html (848 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Night work premature birth link
		Working nights while pregnant increases the risk of giving birth prematurely by up to 50%, a study has suggested.
		But working nightshifts in the first three months was linked to a doubling in a woman's risk of early labour.
		But the 9.2% of women (166) who worked nights were found to be at a 50% increased risk of giving birth early.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/health/4510804.stm (605 words)

	Night shift may lower Parkinson's risk - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Nurses who reported at least 15 years of night shift work were older and more likely to be current smokers and users of non steroidal anti-inflationary drugs (NSAID), such as ibuprofen or naproxen, compared with those who never worked rotating night shifts.
		Night shift workers also tended to drink more coffee but less alcohol and have a higher body mass index.
		They note that shift work has been associated with modest increases in blood levels of estradiol and uric acid, "both of which may be protective against Parkinson's disease".
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Night-work-may-lower-Parkinsons-risk/2006/04/26/1145861376709.html (438 words)

	Pregnancy & Childbirth \| Pregnant Women Who Work Night Shifts Increase Risk of Delivering Prematurely, Study Says - ...
		According to the findings, pregnant women who worked a night shift at any point during their pregnancy had a higher risk of preterm birth than those who worked the same number of hours during the day.
		Women who worked at night in their first trimester were 50% more likely to deliver prematurely than women who worked day shifts, according to the findings.
		The authors said that night work might disturb the body's "clock" and therefore affect the usual activity of the uterus.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=34239 (414 words)

	Studies say night work might raise health risks
		The 21st century is opening with new medical evidence that working that shift may be a fast-track to the grave, putting some workers -- especially women -- at high risk for serious diseases.
		It bolstered findings of two other studies that found that women night shift workers have a risk of breast cancer up to 60 percent higher than those who never worked nights.
		Studies show night shift workers are at high risk for other health problems, too, including heart disease, workplace accidents, automobile accidents and stomach problems.
	www.post-gazette.com /healthscience/20030622nightshifthealth3p3.asp (1052 words)

	How Night Vision Units Work - Night Vision Goggles, Night Vision Binoculars, Night Vision Monoculars, etc.
		Night vision devices gather existing ambient light (starlight, moonlight or infra-red light) through the front lens.
		This is because the cost of a 2nd gen unit is approximately $500.00 to $1000.00 more then a 1st gen. The main difference between a 1st and a 2nd generation unit is the addition of a micro-channel plate, commonly referred to as a MCP.
		The MCP works as an electron amplifier and is placed directly behind the photocathode.
	www.nightvisionplanet.com /Articles.asp?ID=121 (1090 words)

	Night, Winter, Water
		Night work of various kinds is of considerable value in Scouting, but primarily it is a matter for older Scouts and Rover Scouts rather than for Tenderfoots.
		Advice in regard to Night Work is given on pages 64 and 65 of Scouting for Boys, on Night Scouting on pages 133 and i3q., and on Night Stalking on pages 159 and I 6o.
		In towns night work is easier, and a great deal can be done through treasure-hunts and man-hunts to occupy a fine winter's night.
	www.inquiry.net /outdoor/games/wide/night_winter_water.htm (1579 words)

	Night Photography
		Night work calls for a wide-angle lens, with which these cameras are equipped; a Press focal-plane camera has a rising front, often useful for taking buildings or trees; and the miniature camera is so small and handy that you can take pictures in streets or indoors without people noticing, which is sometimes an advantage.
		You need fast films for night work; a tripod is also essential except with a miniature camera, or when using a flashlight.
		The question of the correct exposure for night subjects is not easy to decide, and you will have to learn by experience, taking a few pictures and making careful notes at the time of the length of exposure, and so on.
	www.inquiry.net /outdoor/night/photography.htm (1588 words)

	City of Ashland, Oregon - Night Work
		They also have significant night work and dig out requirements at the Lithia couplet at the bridge (currently planned for one week at the end of May).
		Night work will allow the grinding and paving operation to be completed quicker with less overall impacts to traffic.
		The contractor can work to complete these areas, primarily between 2nd and 3rd Streets, within one or two consecutive nights so that these businesses are only temporarily impacted.
	www.ashland.or.us /Page.asp?NavID=627 (1065 words)

	Just-Binoculars: How Does Night Vision Work ?
		Night vision devices gather existing ambient light (starlight, moonlight or infra-red light) through the front objective lens.
		The main difference between a 1st and a 2nd generation unit is the addition of a micro-channel plate, commonly referred to as an MCP.
		You can always see further on a night when the moon and stars are out then if it is cloudy and overcast.
	www.just-binoculars.com /nightvision-facts (1062 words)

	Sleep Discrimination: Night People, the Overlooked Minority
		If allowed to work during their prime time and judged on the quality of their work, they would be represented in management in similar proportions as in non-management.
		But most consider it just when, as a condition of employment, a night person is forced to work at a time when their body naturally wants to be asleep.
		Most night people try to be considerate of their sleeping neighbors, keeping their televisions low, and not practicing their saxophones as 3 AM.
	www.nightworkers.com /discrimation.html (1304 words)

	Night Work For Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In her pamphlet, Agnes De Lima, a researcher for the League, describes women working at night in the Passaic textile mills and the conditions and laws governing women’s right to work in New Jersey, and compares these to the situation in other states.
		The Consumer’s League held the position that women should be protected from working the night shift because of their heavy responsibilities in the family with housework and child care.
		The photo, right, is an ironic commentary on women factory workers’ "double day" of work at home and at the mill, showing the demanding amount of housework to be done after working the night shift in a mill.
	www.scc.rutgers.edu /njwomenshistory/Period_5/nightworka.htm (226 words)

	Night Vision by ATN - Night Vision Goggles, Scopes, Binoculars, Thermal Night Vision, Riflescopes, Laser Devices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		ATN Night Vision Monoculars are used by FBI and DEA.
		In contrast to the Thermal Night Vision Scope, the Thermal Imaging Night Vision Goggle may be hand carried or mounted onto a helmet.
		The device works by sensing changes in temperature and body heat further displaying a noticeable difference in the image that is being observed.
	www.atncorp.com (667 words)

	Night Photographer Dot Com - Links
		Night Photography is one of Tom's passions and thanks to his priveleged access to some great industrial locations, he has compiled a stunning collection of night images.
		Night Classics Wisconsin based photographer David Duchan builds on his experience as a photojournalist, vernturing forth into the night in search of old cars, trucks and interesting nocturnal landscapes.
		David Baldwin is a London based photographer with a background in architectural work and a fascination with the magical changes of mood and light that occur at night.
	www.nightphotographer.com /links.htm (3902 words)

	PBS - Livelyhood - Night Shift - Viewing Guide
		Ramona also works a second job to supplement their farming income, and because she enjoys the time she spends at work.
		He says that our twenty-four-hour work culture is causing a national sleep debt crisis; he is on a crusade to educate and alert people about the importance of sleep.
		Theresa works the night shift as a chip inspector at Lucent, hoping to be promoted soon to another job within the company.
	www.pbs.org /livelyhood/classroom/nightshift/viewing_guide.html (1188 words)

	Night Work
		Regardless of the poem's value as a poem (I don't usually write in rhyme), I think it has value as an example of a principle I try to keep in mind in all my writing: look for and emphasize the unusual.
		Rush Williams is eminently qualified to write about work.
		In January, Curt Mellam, executive, widower, and for five years a single parent, prices an imported sports car (MGX) as a high school graduation present for Karen, his beloved only child, expecting her to drive it to Georgetown University in the coming fall.
	www.nightworkrwilliams.com (422 words)

	Ban on women's night work finally to be abolished
		The mandatory requirements which must be met by collective agreements on women's night work include providing for the right to return to a day-time occupation in the event of a proven health hazard, along with measures to compensate for or alleviate the burdens of night work.
		Austria's metalworking sector was the first to negotiate a collective agreement on women's night work, which provides for far more restrictions than foreseen in the EU equal treatment Directive (AT9803174N).
		A new ministerial proposal to amend the current legislation on night work in accordance with EU law seems likely to be presented in autumn 2001 at the earliest.
	www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int /2001/07/feature/at0107222f.html (906 words)

	Body-wise: safe solutions for night work Psychology Today - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Five o'clock may be quitting time for most people, but not for the 10 million American men and women who work a night shift.
		Night work can be unpleasant because it complicates the details of daily life, but the real danger is how it can compromise a worker's productivity and safety.
		This is particularly true for those workers who rotate between daytime and night work, and thus have their sleep schedules constantly disrupted.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n11_v23/ai_8335315 (625 words)

	Night Work and Cancer Risk, Health and Lifestyle, 1stholistic.com, Holistic Living
		Another study by Harvard Medical School of 80,000 nurses shows that women who swing regularly from day to night work raise their risk of colon and rectal cancer by 35%.
		Here is the theory behind the link between night work and cancer risk: Light is the primary stimulus to the disruption and resetting of our pineal gland located in the hypothalamus area of the brain.
		Working consistently just at night will eventually enable a person to produce melatonin during the day while sleeping.
	1stholistic.com /Reading/health/A2004/health-night-work-and-cancer.htm (534 words)

	PBS - Livelyhood - Shift Change - Careers and Vocational Education Activities
		As Will Durst says in the introduction, night shifts “aren’t just for cops and comics anymore.” Growth in the high tech sector is increasing the need for employees who can work all night long.
		Display your work in class or in an appropriate public area, such as a space where job notices are posted.
		Such a situation is not uncommon: “Night Shift” reports that fifty percent of women in America work different shifts from their husbands.
	www.pbs.org /livelyhood/classroom/nightshift/careers.html (926 words)

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