FIFO stands for a fly-in Fly-out. and it is when employers rather than relocate the employee they just fly them to the location to work.

A few days ago the State had released a mental health code of practice mostly aimed at people in resources and construction.

west.com.au wrote:
Peter Miller, whose 25-year-old son Rhys Connor, took his life on June 25, 2013, called for the Government and industry to find ways to minimise the number of FIFO workers in the State rather than finding band-aid solutions to the problems work conditions caused. [...] Mr Miller, himself a former FIFO worker, said he did not trust the industry to take on the guidelines unless they were required to do so by law.

“This is a step in the right direction and I know it’s going to make things a bit better, but this code isn’t worth the paper it’s written on until it becomes legislation,” he said. “FIFO has been in practice for 15 years and it’s been a constant battle to change conditions since then. Why aren’t we putting infrastructure back in those townships, hiring locals and asking people to move to those regional and remote sites if they want to do the job?”

AMWU State secretary Steve McCartney said the code would not create change if there were no repercussions for companies not following it. He backed calls for the guidelines to become law. “We’ll be talking to our workers on the ground and sending out surveys asking whether anything has changed,” he said.

State Mines Minister Bill Johnston said it was “way too early” to look at specific legislation.