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SUMMARY

Constructive guidance for employers, safety representatives, trade union officials, employees, regulators and any relevant organisational stakeholders. Outlining employers' legal duties to assess known and associated risks, this guide seeks to improve the understanding of shift work and its potential health and safety impact. A general study document, it provides a proactive management solution applicable to most workplaces operating shift patterns. Offering a four-fold approach towards achieving a safer and more effective working environment around the clock - based on the standard principles to assess, act, check and review - this is an indispensable and easily referenced aid.

This report and the work it describes were funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy