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BHP workers

Stranded FIFO workers report working extended rosters

Remote mine personnel have complained about employers increasing the number of days they are scheduled to work due to state border restrictions. Thousands of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers are unable...

BHP FIFO workers

Thousands of FIFO mine workers wanted

Mining companies are desperately trying to fill a large number of remote jobs that no one is available to perform. The resources sector needs to hire a further 40,000 workers between now and 2023...

Rio Tinto hard hat

Mining giant struggles to find eager workers

A multinational resources company blamed a drop in production on a lack of enthusiastic employees. Rio Tinto reported nearly all mineral production activity declined during the first quarter of 2021...

Monadelphous workers

FIFO employees told to voluntarily live close to work

A construction, maintenance and industrial service provider is giving workers who normally live interstate the option to temporarily move to a residential roster due to the pandemic. Monadelphous...

BHP FIFO workers

Doubled FIFO rosters hailed as a success during COVID

Mining companies have celebrated an overwhelmingly positive result after extending work rosters in response to the deadly disease. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and Gascoyne Resources are glad they...

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