The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between work hours and sickness
absence: is a higher number of work hours associated with better or with adverse health? A …

This study explores a finite production rate (FPR) model featuring overtime option and
rework of nonconforming products. Classic FPR model assumed all items produced are of …

Automation in transport and digitalization will affect both transport users and its workforce.
Focusing on the latter, this paper aims at analyzing barriers, gaps, opportunities, and …

Potential evacuees without access to personal automobiles are expected to use transit,
especially buses, to reach safer regions. For a transit agency, operation problems to be …

The growing interest in technicians' workloads research is probably associated with the
recent surge in competition. This was prompted by unprecedented technological …

Several factors contribute to short-duration unscheduled absences of bus transit drivers.
This article aims to understand these factors at the aggregate level and to anticipate future …

The transit industry relies on overtime to fill in for worker absence or to cover unexpected
extra work. The purpose of this article is to study the absence consequences of overtime in …

In addition to operators who pick scheduled service duties, transit agencies have a separate
group of operators to cover work that becomes open due to absence or other unexpected …

Drivers account for up to 80% of the operational cost of transit agencies. This dissertation
provides a method for improving the productivity of this workforce by introducing flexible …

Bus transit agencies are required to hire extraboard (ie back-up) operators to account for
unexpected absences. Incorrect sizing of extra driver workforce is problematic for a number …