Seasonal labour
Alternative labels
Seasonal worker programs
Report
Wage theft in silence
This report argues that structural reforms are urgently required to address the drivers of exploitation. There is also a pressing need for remedial mechanisms that are accessible to individual migrant workers. Against a culture of impunity, predicated on employers’ assumptions that migrant workers will remain silent, these mechanisms are critical to detecting wage theft.
Report
Analysing Pacific labour mobility blogs 2017-18
This booklet brings together Devpolicy Blog posts on Pacific labour mobility from 2017 to 2018.
Article
Why yet another visa for farm work makes no sense
Introducing yet another special agricultural employment visa might destroy the good things about the ones we've got, writes Stephen Howes.
Report
Characteristics of the underemployed in New Zealand
This publication focuses on the proportion of underemployment for part-time workers. It brings in underemployment rates and levels to provide context. It explores personal, household and job variables, to build a picture of who the underemployed people are.
Policy report
The missing workers: locally led migration strategies to better meet rural labour needs
Supported by literature and analysis from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI), this policy paper is based on discussions between regional settlement representatives at Migration Nation, a RAI roundtable event held at Old Parliament House on 1 November 2017, as well as consultations with governments and community groups.