February 2015

Australia’s Seasonal Worker Program: Demand-side constraints and suggested reforms

by Jesse Doyle and Stephen Howes
Abstract:

This paper reports on the results of a comprehensive survey of employers and industry bodies across the horticulture sector examining employers’ views of the Seasonal Worker Program, which permits workers from eight Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste to work in Australia for a period of fourteen weeks to six months.

Suggested citation:

Doyle, J. & Howes, S. 2015 ‘Australia’s Seasonal Worker Program: Demand-side constraints and suggested reforms’, Report, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.