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Enhanced Labour Market Mobility and Extended Work Cessation Period

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryAustralia
Operative dateJuly 1, 2024
CategoryIn-country work rights / post-entry flexibility
Policy toolVisa conditions amendment (conditions 8107, 8607, 8608)
Affected groupTemporary skilled migrant workers

Policy effect

Amends visa conditions (such as 8107, 8607, and 8608) to provide holders of Subclasses 457, 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage), and 494 visas up to 180 consecutive days (and up to 365 cumulative days across the visa term) to cease employment with their sponsor without breaching conditions, allowing them to work for other employers or in different occupations while seeking a new sponsor.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Amends visa conditions (such as 8107, 8607, and 8608) to provide holders of Subclasses 457, 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage), and 494 visas up to 180 consecutive days (and up to 365 cumulative days across the visa term) to cease employment with their sponsor without breaching conditions, allowing them to work for other employers or in different occupations while seeking a new sponsor.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.Authorised Version F2024L00776 registered 25/06/2024 Schedule 1 Amendments 2 Migration Amendment (Work Related Visa Conditions) Regulations 2024 OPC66894 - A Schedule 1—Amendments Migration Regulations 1994 1 Paragraph 8107(3)(b) of Schedule 8 Repeal the paragraph, substitute: (b) the holder may cease to work in accordance with paragraph (a) for a period, but: (i) any such period must not exceed 180 consecutive days; and (ii) the total number of days on which the holder does not work in accordance with paragraph (a) must not exceed 365 during the visa period for the holder’s visa; and 2 Subclause 8607(5) of Schedule 8 Repeal the subclause, substitute: (5) The holder may cease to work in accordance with subclauses (1) and (2) for a period, but: (a) any such period must not exceed 180 consecutive days; and (b) the total number of days on which the holder does not work in accordance with subclauses (1) and (2) must not exceed 365 during the visa period for the holder’s visa. 3 Subclause 8608(5) of Schedule 8 Repeal the subclause, … substitute: (5) The holder may cease to work in accordance with subclauses (1) and (2) for a period, but: (a) any such period must not exceed 180 consecutive days; and (b) the total number of days on which the holder does not work in accordance with subclauses (1) and (2) must not exceed 365 during the visa period for the holder’s visa. 4 In the appropriate position in Schedule 13 Insert: Part 132—Amendments made by the Migration Amendment (Work Related Visa Conditions) Regulations 2024 13201 Operation of amendment (1) The amendments of these Regulations made by Schedule 1 to the Migration Amendment …
Australian Federal Register of LegislationMigration Amendment (Work Related Visa Conditions) Regulations 2024 (F2024L00776).Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L00776/latest/text

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