Here in the 'Peg, they use a lovely piece of software known as "Shift Logic" which allocates staffing levels to specific requirements during the day (and week). The shifts are all over the place, and have no structure to them what so ever, aside from the good old 0645-1400 then back in that night at 0000-0800 (gotta love that
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I seem to remember reading various things about certain shift patterns being better for one's health than others (Like the TC's 2 mornings, 2 afternoons, 2 nights). What are the other shift structures out there, and is there any logic to them?