Alison McIntosh

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Mining workers suffer a significant toll from the hours they work. AAP/Wesfarmers

Mine workers and their families suffer the toll of shift work

Megan Clement, The Conversation

The shifts worked by mining and energy employees are detrimental to sleep patterns, mental health and family life, the preliminary findings of an Australian study have shown. The Australian Coal and Energy…
A labour shortage in Australia’s resources sector has led to the rapid growth of a transient workforce in remote mining communities. robstephaustralia

Mining towns and the rise of the transient workforce

Alison McIntosh, Queensland University of Technology

Welcome to the Future of Work, a series from The Conversation that looks at the ongoing evolution of the workplace. Today, QUT’s Alison McIntosh outlines the social, cultural and economic challenges posed…

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