Abstract
The authors explore the experiences of those who parent while working as mining professionals as well explore perceptions of those outside the industry. Parenting in this case includes the experiences of all range of guardians - who engage in parenthood - maternity, adoption, and paternity. Through a qualitative Survey they gain insights from a range of perspectives a) employees b) companies c) external stake holders. The presentation shares learnings and emergent best practices from the scan of industry and industry insiders. Interviews with people from representative groups are also provided as a deeper dive into the actual lived experiences of people in the industry today.
Additionally, as the industry focuses in on diversifying talent, with ambitious goals to increase the representation of women, a natural consequence in the requirement to evaluate current job, shift design to foster inclusion.
The insights in the presentation are offered to industry to foster creating sustainable engaged workforce's.