工作时间社会(WTS)和国际职业健康委员会(ICOH)关于运输和工作时间的科学委员会,是专注于进行研究的双胞胎组织,并告知实践,关于一般工作时间的影响,特别是轮班工作,关于效率,生产力,安全,幸福,健康,和生物节律,的员工。自1969年以来,WTS和ICOH每隔2-3年就在欧洲举行一系列国际研讨会,亚洲,澳大利亚,北美,和南美洲。这些座谈会的目的是提供一个交流知识的论坛,以及对有争议问题的讨论,与研究人员一起,员工代表,监管者,和雇主。本系列中最近的一次研讨会-第23届轮班和工作时间国际研讨会,题为“迈向全球共识”-于2017年6月19日至23日在尤拉拉举行,澳大利亚,在Uluru附近.自2004年以来,国际时间生物学每次研讨会后都会发行一期特刊,这一传统延续了一个特刊,其中包括根据最近一次研讨会上提出的128篇论文的精选而成的17篇贡献。这里,我们概述了构成特刊的论文,我们简要评论了这些发现对轮班工人及其雇主的影响。
The Working Time Society (WTS), and the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Scientific Committee on Shiftwork and Working Time, are twin organisations focused on conducting research, and informing practice, regarding the impact of work hours in general, and shiftwork in particular, on the efficiency, productivity, safety, well-being, health, and biological rhythms, of employees. Every 2-3 years since 1969, the WTS and ICOH have conducted a series of international symposia in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. The purpose of these symposia is to provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge, and the discussion of contested issues, with researchers, employee representatives, regulators, and employers. The most recent symposium in this series - the 23rd International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time, entitled \"Toward a Global
Consensus\" - was held on 19-23 June 2017, at Yulara, Australia, near Uluru. Since 2004, Chronobiology International has released a special issue after each symposium, and that tradition continues with a special issue that includes 17 contributions based on a selection of the 128 papers that were presented at the most recent symposium. Here, we provide an overview of the papers that comprise the special issue, and we briefly comment on the implications of the findings for shiftworkers and their employers.