In addition to night shift operations, reducing high temperature, low temperature and high-risk operations, improving the working conditions and environment of workers with more advanced technology and management are all areas that need to be explored by relevant industries and enterprises.
According to Xinhua News Agency on April 13, Huang Yuzhi, director of the State Coal Administration, said at a recent national coal mine safety training meeting that coal mining enterprises should promote the practice of "canceling night shift", gradually change the traditional operation mode of "three shifts a day, 24-hour continuous rotation" of coal mine employees, reduce labor intensity, and let the work and rest laws return to nature.
For a long time, some industries and enterprises in our country have been producing non-stop 24 hours, which has formed some special work and rest systems, such as two shifts, three shifts, four shifts and three shifts. Night shift operation exists in a certain range and has its practical necessity. For example, for enterprises with special functions such as power supply, if there is no gap in social needs, work can not be interrupted, and night work has become a standard configuration; For special work such as line maintenance, it is difficult to carry out daytime work, so night shift work becomes inevitable; There are also industries such as iron and steel. Once the equipment stops running, it will bring a lot of production costs. Therefore, the production mode of "equipment keeps running and people shift" has been adopted. In addition, due to technical constraints and the contradiction between supply and demand, it was once a helpless choice for some industries to expand production and ensure supply by increasing operation time in a certain stage.
Long term night shift operations, to some extent, have disrupted the work and rest rules of workers. Some workers have to work at night against the stars, which has brought certain health risks to workers. The "black and white reversed" work and rest even affect the normal family life of workers.
With the progress of technology and the change of social demand, the compression and cancellation of night work have a certain practical basis. In some industries related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, some operations that used to require manual night shifts can now be replaced by robots; For some enterprises and posts accustomed to "24-hour continuous operation", night shift has become less important. Therefore, except for some industries and enterprises whose working methods cannot be fully adjusted and machines cannot replace manpower, it has become the common expectation of people to cancel night shift operations and let workers return to normal work and rest.
In addition to night shift operations, reducing high temperature, low temperature and high-risk operations, improving the working conditions and environment of workers with more advanced technology and management are all areas that need to be explored by relevant industries and enterprises. At present, in many countries, the development trend of work and rest laws is to gradually eliminate night shift, reduce working hours and increase leisure time.
The guidance and support of the government is a necessary guarantee for returning the right to choose work and rest rules to workers. The requirement of the competent department of coal industry to gradually cancel night shift operation is a positive signal, which leads to a good start. Relevant industries and enterprises should draw inferences from one instance and actively follow up. Some types of work that must work night shifts should gradually expand the scope of replacing manual work with non manual work, and return the right to choose work and rest rules to workers.
There are still many things that need to be improved to return workers to normal work and rest patterns, provide workers with normal, safe and comfortable working conditions and environments, and improve their sense of gain, security, and happiness.
