These long hours or hours that are unreasonable include very long hours, changes in time zones, irregular shift work, unpredictable hours, or combinations of these. The study includes individuals and, in almost two-thirds of cases, their partners. It suggests that the majority of employees and their families are negatively affected by unreasonable hours, and that the individuals who work long hours, or unpredictable long hours and shifts, suffer serious effects from such hours.

The Fifty Families report can be read online. This report is also downloadable in a PDF format. It is broken into four sections to make it easier to download.

Part One - Summary - Chapter 1 - Introduction and Methods, Chapter 2 - Overview: Unreasonable Hours And What They Do To Us

Part Two - Chapter 3 - Engineers and their families, Chapter 4 - Strappers or stable hands in the racing industry, Chapter 5 - Flight attendants: time zones, recovery time and rosters, Chapter 6 - The postal industry, Chapter 7 – Teaching

Part 3, - Chapter 8 - Supervisors in manufacturing, Chapter 9 - Public service, Chapter 10 - Technicians in research facilities, Chapter 11 - Paramedics: long shifts, night work and unexpected shift extensions

Part 4 - Chapter 12 - Miners: long hours shifts, Chapter 13 - Doctors, Chapter 14 - Electricians and the reduction in working hours