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2013

Edith Cowan University

Assimilation

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Workers On Temporary 457 Visas: Challenges They Face When Working In The Western Australian Resources Sector, Susanne T. Bahn, Llandis G. Barratt-Pugh, Ghialy Choy Lee Yap Jan 2013

Workers On Temporary 457 Visas: Challenges They Face When Working In The Western Australian Resources Sector, Susanne T. Bahn, Llandis G. Barratt-Pugh, Ghialy Choy Lee Yap

Research outputs 2013

As a response to the shortage of specialised workers in the Western Australian (WA) resources sector, business has resorted to employing workers on temporary 457 visas. This paper provides an insight into some of the challenges workers on 457 visas reported while working in Australia in a study that collected data in 2012. While the study focussed on costs and benefits of employing workers on 457 visas to business, the migrant worker and the larger Australian community, part of the data included the social and financial costs to these workers. It is this data that is reported in this paper. …