Anti-WHV policies?

passive

This relates to Tallagh01's comment about Brisbane, too, I think....

So, after a long jobhunt in Melbourne my O/H finally landed a job in a clothes store (rivers, I think?) for which she was accepted after a group interview and a second interview where she discussed the terms of her Visa etc. She was to go in for an induction then today and start work over the next few weeks.

On her way to the induction, however, she received a surprise phone call from the area manager of the store who told her, contrary to everything that had been decided before, and the fact that she was on her way to work that day, it had been decided by head office that they can't give jobs to temporary Visas.

Is this allowed, on an official basis? And is this common? It was for a casual, part time job, for which she was completely eligible. She's been looking for a job in Melbourne for nearly a month now, and this is pretty disheartening, and doesn't bode well for myself who's heading over in June... Sigh...

hussey

perfectly legal, common yeah fairly

when people think of WHV they think of very short term work (I know one can work up to 6 months ....) so if a company doesn't think it is worth training someone in and for them to leave in teh very near future then tehy are perfectly within their rights to do so.

note this was also the case a few years ago when jobs were plentiful, back in my Bondi Days I dreamt of working in blockbuster (around teh corner from me) and they said no WHV