1937 M. L. Yates iv. 54 Shift-working was the subject of a separate Agreement between the Employers' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1920.
1963 6 May (Suppl. Electr. Power Brit.) p. iii/7 Because our tempo of life is geared to what we regard as orthodox hours, shift working is a burden and now disrupts family life.