by Romy on February 20, 2009
in Issues
The draft regulations outlining new sponsorship obligations for employers of subclass 457 visa holders now under study by a panel are good news and bad news to overseas Filipino workers.
The regulations are in response to the recent Deegan integrity review.
The good news is that the draft regulations outline additional protection to overseas workers by payment [...]
by Romy Cayabyab on December 19, 2008
in Issues
Yes, I finally found time to read the recently released Deegan report which reviewed the integrity of the Subclass 457 visa program. With 100 pages, the report is indeed very long but admittedly not as long as other Commission-styled reports supplied to us in the past. The report was prepared by Ms Barbara Deegan, an industrial relations expert and appointed by the Australian government specifically to review the integrity of the country’s temporary skilled migration program [...]