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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(employment) The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration..
The eight-hour day spreadover was imposed on the Scottish miners in December of last year following upon the most open and flagrant betrayal by the Miners' Federation […]
The total duration from sign-on to sign-off is called the spreadover of a shift. Many of the scheduling rules are dependent on ranges of spreadover lengths. Often, scheduling methods would simply cost a shift by its spreadover since actual wage cost is usually proportional to spreadover.
Use spread over when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spread over means (employment) The variable arrangement of duties and breaks within overall work periods of fixed duration..
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The eight-hour day spreadover was imposed on the Scottish miners in December of last year following upon the most open and flagrant betrayal by the Miners' Federation […]
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