{"id":15316,"date":"2019-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinnacle-people.ap.applyflow.com\/beware-of-the-work-and-holiday-visa-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T00:00:00","slug":"beware-of-the-work-and-holiday-visa-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/beware-of-the-work-and-holiday-visa-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of the Work and Holiday Visa! What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Working Holiday Maker program, often referred to as the work and holiday visa, has been a blessing for Australia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tIt encourages travelers to come to Australia, increasing our tourism, but also to find work in industries that often rely on temporary workers, such as rural work or hospitality. It continues to be a great asset.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tHowever, there are restrictions around what travellers on this visa can work, and this is where Australian employers often trip up. So here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThere\u2019s a Six Month Limitation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tTravellers on this visa can only work for an employer for six months. Sounds simple, right? Not necessarily, especially when it comes to agency staff.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe six months applies to the end user \u2013 as in, the client where the staff member is working. Not the agency. So if you were to hire a staff member through one agency for six months, and at the end of that time hire them through a different agency or directly (or visa versa) as a way to get around this limitation, you\u2019d actually be in breach of that law. Be careful!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tHow to Calculate Six Months<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe six months starts from that staff member\u2019s first day, and is counted by the calendar. This means it\u2019s not that they\u2019ve worked six months\u2019 worth of hours over eight months, it\u2019s from 1 January through to 30 June, for example.  Holidays in some cases can be used to lengthen this time, but its complex.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tIf the staff member is granted a second working holiday visa, then it resets and they can have another six months with the same employer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tLocation Matters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tA staff member on a working holiday visa can work with the same employer for up to 12 months if it\u2019s across different locations. For example, they could work with the same hotel chain, but six months each at two different locations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThere are also different rules for northern Australia. Some industries, including tourism and hospitality, can have WHM staff work for longer than six months if they are located in northern Australia. If you think this applies to you, check that you fall into the areas deemed eligible by the Department of Home Affairs, and that the role is on their list of tourism and hospitality occupations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe work and holiday visa is great for hospitality, but can be tricky to ensure you\u2019re working within the laws. If you\u2019re unsure, talk to your agency or visit the Department of Home Affairs website for more information.  (link to: https:\/\/immi.homeaffairs.gov.au\/visas\/getting-a-visa\/visa-listing\/work-holiday-462<\/a>)<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The rules around work and holiday visa workers can get a little bit tricky. Here we outline a few points you need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/15317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclepeople.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}