Nowadays, *every* forum where you can get advice is fair game when you
don't know where to go to get necessary information or guidance.
That despicable approach regarding number of hours per shift (short),
and number of shifts (always less than 10), is an American mentality
that has crept up into Canada as a means to prevent fiduciary
obligations towards employees at layoff, pre-conditions for termination,
designation as full-time vs part-time and the obligation of providing
benefits and vacation for those that fall into the full-time category.
Please not that such mentality has infected management at OC Transpo,
where driver shifts for new drivers are deliberately defined this way,
for the purposes expressed above.
🙁
Eric
On 2026-08-06 22:17, Rob Echlin via linux wrote:
It was a trick question. And political.
My daughter has a job with a fashion outlet.
They generally give her 4 hour shifts, usually 3 or 4 per week.
So she got another job with a fast food chain.
They give her 3 hour shifts and now some 3.5 hour shifts.
So she usually gets 4 or 5 shifts per week, totaling maybe 18 hours
per week.
They both pay 17.75 per hour, the federal minimum wage.
This is off topic for this list, so I won't worry about posting more
info on political topics.
Rob / Alice
Aug. 6, 2026 09:43:03 Tug Williams via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>:
On 06/08/2026 02:09, Rob Echlin via linux wrote:
How long is a work shift?
It depends on the shift. If you're wanting to shift your work from
tree to brain surgeon, then significantly longer than if you're
shifting from Java to Rust developer.
But if you're expecting a sensible answer, is this related to a
job contract?
Before coming to Canada, I worked in London, and most contracts
were "day rates", for a nominal 8 hour day, so, no overtime, but
you sure were made to feel bad if you wanted to clock out after 8
hours.