On-Call Day Rotation

A five-day rotation of eight-hour availability, with hours counted when the person is actually called in.

Definition

Days on

5

Days off

2

Shift length

8 hours

Cycle length

7 days

Hours from that definition

Worked hours per cycle

40 hours

Average worked hours per week

40.0 hours

Average worked hours per day in the cycle

5.7 hours

Only hours actually worked are counted here. Whether being available counts as hours of work depends on the agreement and the rules in force, which are not described on this page.

Work out your own numbers

The figures above follow from the day counts in the definition. For your own numbers — a different shift length, a different number of weeks — use the rotation hours planner, the shift hours calculator, or the hours in a year calculator.

This page states a rotation definition and the arithmetic that follows from it. It carries no figure from a public record, and no claim about who works the pattern, what an agreement calls it, or how any law treats it.