What is a split shift?
Employees who work split shifts are required to work two, non-consecutive shifts within one day. These shifts are driven by operational needs and require employees to work one shift during the morning rush hour and a second shift during the evening rush hour. Though you may only work six (6) hours in a given day, those six (6) hours will not be consecutive and may be spread over a large portion of the day. For example, your first shift may require you to work from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. in the morning, and your second shift may then be from 2:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. in the afternoon. In this example, you can see that your work hours for the day are six (6) hours, but those six (6) hours are spread over a ten and half (10.5) hour period. You are only paid for the six (6) work hours.
