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Surviving Shift Work – When you’re Rostered to Work on Christmas Day!
Shift work can be challenging at the best of times, but when Christmas day is just around the corner and the mad frenzy of buying last minute gifts, menu planning and grocery shopping comes to a final close – you might be forgiven for feeling a tad bit frazzled!
How Bright Lights and Dancing Penguins Reminded Me It’s Christmas!
It was 2 days before Christmas and I was relaxing on my comfy lounge when my sister rang to ask if I wanted to come for a drive to see some of the Christmas lights around the neighbourhood. As a shift worker, we can sometimes forget it’s actually Christmas because more often than not – we are working throughout the festive season.

Are You Suffering From Post Christmas Bulge?
Now I don't know about you, but having just finished celebrating 'Christmas Lunch Number 3' - I'm starting to feel the affects of having a post Christmas bulge!

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How to enjoy Christmas in your business
If you’re anything like me, December in the business is a bit of a mad time. You’re trying to clear out everything you’ve got to do so you enjoy at least a couple of days off and you’ve also got to write Christmas cards, decorate your office and go out for some Christmas drinks! Helen Dowling from Exceptional Thinking (www.exceptionalthinking.co.uk) gives you her top tips for enjoying Christmas in your business.
Employee Shift Work Schedules
More and more organizations are adopting work schedules that require longer and/or multiple shifts. For managers who are new to the job or unfamiliar with shift schedules, this can be quite a challenge. This paper will introduce managers to five fundamental components of shift work schedules: (1) shift length, (2) schedule format, (3) on-off work pattern, (4) overtime, and (5) scheduling policies.
Small Business Tips To Ensure Your Business Survives Christmas
In Australia many small businesses go through a very quiet period from about mid December until the end of January. It is when people go on holidays, focus on Christmas parties and generally do anything except think of work. Many small businesses close down after Christmas because they failed to adequately plan in terms of cash-flow or how to maximise the use of their time. Instead of planning and taking action, they sat and worried about lack of customers.

The Hazards of Shift Work – Going To Work Twice In One Day!
If you’re a shift worker then you certainly know there are many hazards of shift work, but I must say, going into work twice in one day actually wasn’t high on my list. Why? Because despite many businesses out there that do make their employees work split shifts – I have always been lucky enough to not be one of them.

How To Cope With Shift Work – Eat For Energy!
If you’re looking at ways to cope with shift work then the best advice that I can give you is to quite literally - Eat for Energy! As shift workers fatigue is by far the Number One complaint because of the crazy and irregular hours that we work. Most shift workers live a life of feeling totally exhausted and zapped of energy 24/7.

Surviving Shift Work – When you’re Rostered to Work on Christmas Day!
Shift work can be challenging at the best of times, but when Christmas day is just around the corner and the mad frenzy of buying last minute gifts, menu planning and grocery shopping comes to a final close – you might be forgiven for feeling a tad bit frazzled!
How Bright Lights and Dancing Penguins Reminded Me It’s Christmas!
It was 2 days before Christmas and I was relaxing on my comfy lounge when my sister rang to ask if I wanted to come for a drive to see some of the Christmas lights around the neighbourhood. As a shift worker, we can sometimes forget it’s actually Christmas because more often than not – we are working throughout the festive season.

Sleeping Problems – How the Sound of a Lawnmower Brought a Smile to My Face!
If you’ve ever experienced sleeping problems then you would almost certainly agree that any sound of disturbances whilst you’re trying to catch some shut eye is not a perfect scenario! In fact, if you work night shift or any type of shift work and you’re trying to sleep during the day, achieving the perfect slumber can become somewhat challenging.
Shift Work and Stress – Are You Tired And Up To Your Eyeballs In Debt Too?
If you’re a shift worker then you would know that shift work and stress certainly goes hand in hand with one another. Just getting up at 3am to go into work is stressful enough! So as a shift worker having just returned from a financial education conference in Sydney recently, one of the guest speakers announced something that absolutely shocked me to the core.

The Spooky Rise Of Halloween
You may recall that "A Christmas Carol" is indeed a ghost story... but I'll bet most people watch the movie only at Christmas time. I prefer to use the film to remind myself to keep Halloween in its proper place - as a fun, spooky holiday for kids - and to keep Christmas on top as my personal favorite holiday....
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