duty period

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duty period - the time period during which you are at work

work shift, shift

hours - a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"

workday, working day - the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage; "they work an 8-hour day"

go, spell, tour, turn - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

trick - a period of work or duty

watch - a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

day shift - the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

evening shift, swing shift - the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

graveyard shift, night shift - the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)

split shift - a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between

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day shift evening shift go graveyard shift hours night shift shift spell split shift swing shift tour trick turn watch work shift workday working day			Not Activated Qualified members may purchase TRS (includes TRS member-only or TRS member-and- members on (premium-based) family coverage during this active duty period. Tricare: what every Reservist needs to know by Citizen Airman Under the final rule, time spent in "light duty" work does not count against an employee's FMLA leave entitlement, and the employee's right to job restoration is held in abeyance during the light duty period, If an employee is voluntarily doing light duty work, he or she is not on FMLA leave. Compliance alert by Mushroom News Residents must also have a minimum rest period of 10 hours between duty periods, 1 in 7 days free from patient care responsibilities, and in-house call no more than every third night, averaged over a 4-week period, the standards say. IOM panel revisits issue of resident work hours by Kilgore, Christine / Clinical Psychiatry News			Dutch tile Dutch treat Dutch uncle Dutch West Indies Dutch wife Dutch-elm beetle Dutch-processed cocoa Dutchman Dutchman's breeches Dutchman's laudanum Dutchman's pipe Dutchman's-breeches Dutchman's-pipe Dutchwoman duteous dutiable Dutied dutiful dutifully dutifulness Dutton duty duty assignment duty call duty officer duty period duty status - whereabouts unknown duty tour duty-bound duty-free duty-free goods duty-free shop duty-paid duumvir Duumviral duumvirate Duvalier duvet duvet day duvetyn Duwamish dux duxelles duyker Duykerbok Duyoung DV DV cam dvandva DVD DVD burner			Duty manager Duty manager Duty manager Duty manager Duty manager Duty Marine Inspector Duty Master-at-Arms Duty Military Occupational Specialty Duty Military Occupational Specialty Qualification Duty Military Occupational Specialty Qualified Duty Mission Director Duty Non-Commissioned Officer Duty Not Including Controlling Duty Not Involving/Including Flying Duty Not Paid Duty of care Duty of care Duty of care Duty of care Duty of fair representation Duty of Tonnage duty of water Duty Officer Duty Officer Duty Officer Says So Duty Officer's Report duty officers duty owed Duty Paid Delivered Duty Paid Value duty period Duty Qualification History Brief Duty ratio Duty ratio Duty Regional Officer Duty stamp Duty Station Duty Status duty status - whereabouts unknown duty status - whereabouts unknown duty to disclose duty to pay duty to pay money Duty to Report Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to Trespassers Duty to warn duty tour Duty Under Instruction duty unfulfilled duty-bound Duty-cycle Duty-cycle Duty-Cycle Space Vector duty-free duty-free Duty-Free Credit Entitlement Certificate Duty-Free Goods Duty-Free Goods

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