Describing economic benefits and costs of nonstandard work hours: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits of nonstandard work hours include increased production time and the number of jobs. While for some sectors, such as emergency services, around-the-clock work is a necessary and critical societal obligation, work outside of traditional daytime schedules has been associated with many occupational safety and health hazards and their associated costs. Thus, organizational- and policy-level decisions on nonstandard work hours can be difficult and are based on several factors including economic evaluation. However, there is a lack of systematic knowledge of economic benefits and costs associated with these schedules.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review of the methodology and data used to examine the economic benefits and costs of nonstandard work hours an

SUBMITTER: Wong IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9023590 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature