http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/political-economy-underemployment-what-does-it-mean/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:16:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/political-economy-underemployment-what-does-it-mean/#comment-37391 billie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:45:59 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/political-economy-underemployment-what-does-it-mean/#comment-37391 While the government believes there is a skills shortage in a particular industry 457 visas will be issued. So we can have teh situation where Australians are retrenched and 457 visa holders hired. The casual observer might think that the 457 visa holders are more skilled/educated than the Australians they displace while the retrenched workers wonder where they are going to get their next job, and what retraining to undertake and whether retraining is worthwhile. A careful examination should be made of oncosts for domestic workers vs visa holders and margins made on the different classes of labour. While the government believes there is a skills shortage in a particular industry 457 visas will be issued. So we can have teh situation where Australians are retrenched and 457 visa holders hired. The casual observer might think that the 457 visa holders are more skilled/educated than the Australians they displace while the retrenched workers wonder where they are going to get their next job, and what retraining to undertake and whether retraining is worthwhile. A careful examination should be made of oncosts for domestic workers vs visa holders and margins made on the different classes of labour.

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