split shift
noun
: a shift of working hours divided into two or more working periods at times (such as morning and evening) separated by more than normal periods of time off (as for lunch or rest)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And one of the reasons is because bus driving is a, is a split shift day. 
Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 Behavior of students, and parents, erratic behavior of other drivers on the road and the allure of driving for Amazon -- where a driver is not working a split shift --are taking drivers away. Brenda Cain, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022 Wantable needed to rework its 75,000 square-foot fulfillment center and split shifts to keep social distancing measures. Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2020 City employees will be working split shifts to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to Cleveland City Manager Kelly McDonald during the Zoom meeting. Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2020 Vance said his staff still comes into the office to work split shifts to keep social distancing to the maximum. al, 8 Apr. 2020 Air Force warplanes are flying fewer missions and conducting fewer trainings, operating with split shifts and split crews to limit the exposure of personnel to the virus. Helene Cooper, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020 Other factories are splitting shifts, going from, for example, 100 employees on one shift to 50 workers on two shifts to increase the spacing. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2020 Such a vortex split shifts cold air normally centered over the Arctic over eastern North America and/or Europe. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018 See More
Laura Johnston, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 Behavior of students, and parents, erratic behavior of other drivers on the road and the allure of driving for Amazon -- where a driver is not working a split shift --are taking drivers away. Brenda Cain, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022 Wantable needed to rework its 75,000 square-foot fulfillment center and split shifts to keep social distancing measures. Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2020 City employees will be working split shifts to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to Cleveland City Manager Kelly McDonald during the Zoom meeting. Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2020 Vance said his staff still comes into the office to work split shifts to keep social distancing to the maximum. al, 8 Apr. 2020 Air Force warplanes are flying fewer missions and conducting fewer trainings, operating with split shifts and split crews to limit the exposure of personnel to the virus. Helene Cooper, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020 Other factories are splitting shifts, going from, for example, 100 employees on one shift to 50 workers on two shifts to increase the spacing. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2020 Such a vortex split shifts cold air normally centered over the Arctic over eastern North America and/or Europe. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above