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balance of shift

English translation: the hours of a shift which an employee does not work

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English term or phrase:balance of shift
Selected answer:the hours of a shift which an employee does not work
Entered by: Caryl Swift

18:35 Nov 2, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Human Resources / screen commands
English term or phrase: balance of shift
The phrase comes from a long list of instructions, dos and dont's with a medical context. However, I'm afraid that I don't have any other information whatsoever; just the instructions and a general medical context.
bartek
Local time: 21:58
the hours of a shift which an employee does not work
Explanation:
Possibly, 'balance of shift' means the balance of hours of a shift which are not worked. There is an 8 hour shift. An employee works for 3 hours. The shift supervisor then sends the employee home, or the employee is taken ill, or injured. The balance of shift would be the 5 hours, for example because of illness or injury.

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Note added at 42 mins (2006-11-02 19:18:26 GMT)
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The last sentence above should say:

'...the 5 hours not worked, for example...'
Selected response from:

Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 21:58
Grading comment
Thank you :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4the hours of a shift which an employee does not work
Caryl Swift
3shift of balance
Viktoria Gimbe
3equate number of day and night shifts between periods
ErichEko ⟹⭐
1several possibilites
lindaellen (X)


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
shift of balance


Explanation:
This would make sense in a context of dos and don'ts where you get the instruction not to shift your balance while handling something sensitive. I can see this in a surgery environment.

Just a guess, though!

Viktoria Gimbe
Canada
Local time: 15:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
several possibilites


Explanation:
There are so many possibilites - it could refer to "the night shift" i.e. the remainder of night duties, with balance meaning "remainder" and shift being the "scheduled period of work" - or Victoria's idea of movement.

lindaellen (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the hours of a shift which an employee does not work


Explanation:
Possibly, 'balance of shift' means the balance of hours of a shift which are not worked. There is an 8 hour shift. An employee works for 3 hours. The shift supervisor then sends the employee home, or the employee is taken ill, or injured. The balance of shift would be the 5 hours, for example because of illness or injury.

http://tinyurl.com/yb2bk3
http://tinyurl.com/ymfxmk
http://tinyurl.com/yhc846
http://tinyurl.com/ydmw57

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Note added at 42 mins (2006-11-02 19:18:26 GMT)
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The last sentence above should say:

'...the 5 hours not worked, for example...'

Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 21:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn: given the lack of coontext, this seems likeliest
11 mins
  -> Thank you ! :-)
agree  Robert Fox: Seems logical, although how it could be a 'do or don't' is hard to imagine!!
33 mins
  -> Thank you! :-)
agree  Dave Calderhead: most likely
5 hrs
  -> Thank you ! :-)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 14 hrs
  -> Thank you! :-)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
equate number of day and night shifts between periods


Explanation:
When an employee works for night shifts this period, then s/he must be given day shifts in the next period.

Period length can be one month or one fortnight. One week period is very rare and not good in maintaining rhythm of the work.

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 02:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dave Calderhead: my son works early (8am to 5pm) or late (12noon to 9pm) shifts in 10 day rotations of 3 on 2 off and 4 on 1 off
54 mins
  -> Well, I guess each country has its own *shift mechanism*. There, in mine, we have as I said above. Thanks for this info that is new to me.
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