Labour mobility
Alternative labels
Mobile workforce
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.
Working paper
Labour migration as complementary pathways for refugees in the Asia-Pacific
This working paper examines whether legal labour migration schemes can be opened to humanitarian migrants who may otherwise become targets for people smugglers.
Working paper
Maximizing the development impacts from temporary migration
This paper evaluates the impact of the Australian agriculture sector's Pacific seasonal worker program on workers, their households, and communities.