DO YOU KNOW? – IMMIGRATION FACTS FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS IN AUSTRALIA • Australian workplace laws provide basic protection and entitlements for all workers in Australia. • Every worker from overseas must have a valid Australian visa with work rights. • Employers are responsible for checking all workers’ rights to work in Australia and may ask to see workers’ passports or other identification. • Employers cannot cancel visas. Only the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) can grant, refuse or cancel visas. • For Subclass 457- Temporary Work (Skilled) Visa, sponsoring employers must: - give workers from overseas pay and conditions at least as good as other workers that are doing the same work at the same workplace - only employ workers from overseas in their approved skilled occupation - make sure that workers from overseas do not work for other employers - not pay workers in cash - pay the return airfare for overseas workers if requested in writing by the worker or DIBP - not make deductions from workers’ pay (other than tax) without their permission. For more information about work visas, please visit our website migrationplus.au
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:34:57 +0000
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