Subclass 457 Integrity Review
On 14 April 2008 the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced the establishment of an independent integrity review process to be conducted by industrial relations expert Ms Barbara Deegan, following concerns raised about the Subclass 457 visa program.
The Subclass 457 Integrity Review will report periodically to the Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, with a final report to be presented in October 2008. The department is providing secretariat support to the Review.
This is the third in a series of three issues papers to be released as part of the Subclass 457 Integrity Review. As each of the issues papers are produced submissions will be sought from interested parties on the issues raised in each of the papers.
The three issues papers on the Subclass 457 visa arrangements will cover:
- Issues Paper no. 1 - Minimum Salary Level and Labour Agreements.
- Issues Paper no. 2 – English language requirements and Occupational Health and Safety issues.
- Issues Paper no.3 – Integrity and Exploitation issues.
Issues Paper no. 1
Minimum Salary Level (MSL) and Labour Agreements (LA)
This first paper considers the Minimum Salary Level requirements and Labour Agreements in the context of the Subclass 457 visa arrangements and provides the basis for structured and focused feedback from interested stakeholders on these two issues.
See: Issue Paper #1 - Minimum Salary Level and Labour Agreements (194KB PDF file)
Issues Paper no. 2
English Language Requirement and Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
The second issues paper considers the English language requirement and Occupational Health and Safety issues around the Subclass 457 Visa Program.
See: Issue Paper #2 - English Language Requirement and Occupational Health and Safety (116KB PDF file)
Issues Paper no. 3
Integrity and Exploitation
The third issues paper considers a range of integrity and exploitation issues around the Subclass 457 Visa program, as well as monitoring and compliance.
See: Issues Paper #3 - Integrity / Exploitation (231KB PDF file)
Submissions
The Integrity Review welcomes submissions on the issues raised in Issues Paper no. 3. All submissions should be sent to the department.
Email: 457IntegrityReview@immi.gov.au
Closing date
The closing date for submission on Issues Paper no. 3 is 7 October 2008.
Note: The content of submissions may be made public. If confidential submissions are submitted they should be sent separately from any public submission and clearly marked as confidential and not for publication.