ABOVE: Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews
"Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews is standing by the 457 visa program after claims employer abuse of the scheme has led to the deaths of vulnerable foreign workers.
Unions ramped up criticism of the scheme and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd called for better monitoring after reports three 457 visa holders had died in the past five months.
Filipino farm supervisor Pedro Balading was thrown off the back of a truck and killed on a Northern Territory cattle station in June, not long after complaining he was being forced to do menial work in breach of his visa conditions. (Maria Balading, widow of Pedro Balading is pictured left)
Two days earlier, Chinese logger Guo Jian Dong died north of Brisbane when a dead tree fell and crushed him.
In the third death, in March, Filipino stonemason Wilfredo Navales was crushed by slabs of granite at his workplace north of Perth.
The 457 visa scheme allows employers to import temporary skilled foreign workers to perform jobs that cannot be filled locally."
Read about it HERE
Unions ramped up criticism of the scheme and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd called for better monitoring after reports three 457 visa holders had died in the past five months.
Filipino farm supervisor Pedro Balading was thrown off the back of a truck and killed on a Northern Territory cattle station in June, not long after complaining he was being forced to do menial work in breach of his visa conditions. (Maria Balading, widow of Pedro Balading is pictured left)Two days earlier, Chinese logger Guo Jian Dong died north of Brisbane when a dead tree fell and crushed him.
In the third death, in March, Filipino stonemason Wilfredo Navales was crushed by slabs of granite at his workplace north of Perth.
The 457 visa scheme allows employers to import temporary skilled foreign workers to perform jobs that cannot be filled locally."
Read about it HERE
1 comments:
Regardless of where workers come, from the Occupational Health & Safety laws require that employers keep their workers safe.
I assume each of these employers will be prosecuted for failing to provide a safe working environment.
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