Labour mobility
Alternative labels
Mobile workforce
Conference paper
Resource boom times: building towns and cities in remote places
This paper examines Western Australia's population growth and what consequences this may have for rural towns across the state.
Submission
Submission to Inquiry into the use of ‘fly-in, fly-out’ (FIFO) workforce practices in regional Australia
Busselton Chamber of Commerce and Industry outlines some positive impacts of FIFO workers, including the reemergence of the Busselton Regional Airport.
Thesis
Children and the fly-in/fly-out lifestyle: employment related paternal absence and the implications for children
There has been growing interest in the implications of paternal fly-in/fly-out employment (FIFO) for families and children. The current research had a dual aim, first to investigate children’s well-being in relation to family functioning and paternal FIFO employment characteristics and, second, to access children’s own experience, perceptions and attitudes about the FIFO lifestyle and employment-related...
Evaluation
Review of recognised seasonal employer worker pilot training programme
This report presents the findings of a review of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) worker pilot training programme. The purpose of the review was to assess whether the pilot had achieved the intended outcomes and, if it had (at least in part), identify if any changes are required to ensure strong future performance. The review...
Report
The effects of fly-in/fly-out commute arrangements and extended working hours on the stress, lifestyle, relationship and health characteristics of Western Australian mining employees and their partners
This project found that FIFO employees and partners were generally no more likely to have high stress levels, poor relationship quality or poor health behaviours than DC employees or community samples.