Researchers tracking the sleep of fly-in fly-out workers find most are 'barely scraping' the threshold for adequate rest on days off — let alone days on shift — in the largest study of its kind.
abc.net.au/news/fifo-workers-sleep-study-not-enough-rest-ecu-research/101893590Western Australia's fly-in fly-out workers are not getting enough rest, according to scientists behind the world's largest study of its kind.The study found FIFO workers were "barely scraping" the threshold for adequate rest on days off, let alone days on shift
"People are getting approximately six hours of sleep working [12 hour] day shifts, five and a half after [12 hour] night shifts," he said. "It's better from an employee satisfaction perspective … it basically lessens the time at work," he said.
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