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Terminating an employee on a 457 visa – a guide for employers

The 457 visa program offers employers a great deal of benefits such as the ability to access top talent from around the world, to create competitive advantage through hiring people with skills that can’t be found locally, as well as increase diversity in the workplace.

For the sponsored employee a 457 sponsorship promises strong pay and work conditions, quality work experience and high living standards for the employee and his or her family.
Parties go into a sponsorship relationship assuming the placement will go well. Sometimes, however, despite the best of intentions, the relationship does not work out as planned.
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Increase in the number of applications for 457 skilled work visas

The number of applications for 457 skilled work visas has increased by 15% in a year; with Indian, British, and Chinese workers in particular queuing up to work in Australia, reports theaustralian.com.au.

Australia’s Immigration Department has approved work visas for thousands of engineers and nurses in the past year, despite the Employment Department cancelling their “skills shortage’’ status.

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More Benefits for Contractors

More benefits for contractors – more reasons to keep smiling

SDP Solutions are happy to announce that we have partnered with IMAN Australian Health Plans to offer exclusive discounted rates to all our contractors on working visas.  We are always striving to improve our added value services and solutions for our contractors and also to our clients’ contingent workforce.

IMAN has been providing health cover to overseas workers for over 30 years and is a proud subsidiary of nib holdings limited, one of Australia’s leading health insurers. 
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