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根据澳洲移民法，只有合法居留在澳大利亚、持有有效签证及拥有所需工作权利的人才允许在澳洲工作。
一个常用的建立临时工作权利的方法是457签证计划。一个457签证主持有人有权为有雇用457签证持有者资格的雇主工作。
如果457签证主持有人想在签证有效期内改变雇主的话，新的雇主必须得到移民和边境保护部的批准以获取457签证担保资格后才能雇用457签证持有人。
如果457签证主持有人在新的雇主未能获得批准前就开始其工作，根据《1958年移民法》，前雇主(即已有457签证担保资格的雇主)，雇员(457签证主持有人)和新的雇主都可能负有民事和刑事法律责任。 457签证主持有人如果为没有457签证担保资格的雇主工作还有可能导致他/她的457签证被取消。
此外，近期公正工作委员会(FWC)的一项裁决还表明，不遵守上述要求还将导致就业合同的无效。
根据FWC的裁决(Smallwood vErgo Asia Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 964)，一个没有457签证担保资格的雇主不能与457签证持有人签订在法律上有效的就业合同。因此，一个有457签证担保资格的担保公司和雇主将一个457签证主持有人转给另一个没有457签证担保资格的雇主的做法在法律上将是无效的。
相反，就业关系和遵守就业关系的义务将继续留存在原457签证担保公司(即原来的雇主)，包括有义务确保提供给员工的就业条款和条件均不逊于雇用从事同样工作的当地员工的条件。与新的雇主的就业合同规定条款将被判无效。，如有效期满后的就业限制，知识产权保护和机密信息条款，以及授权给新雇主就有关新的就业的合法费用的扣除等。
作者：豪力合伙人Maria Jockel、Charles Power
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Be careful when transferring employment of 457 visa holders
Under Australian migration laws, only persons who are lawfully in Australia, hold a valid visa and have the requisite work rights, are permitted to work.
A popular method of establishing temporary work rights is the 457 visa scheme. A primary 457 visa holder has the right to work in an approved nominated position for an approved 457 visa sponsor.
If a primary 457 visa holder wishes to change employers during the life of his or her 457 visa, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection must approve the new employer as a subclass 457 visa sponsor and in respect of the primary 457 visa holder.
If this approval is not obtained before the primary 457 visa holder starts working for the new employer, the former employer (being the approved 457 sponsor), the employee (being the primary 457 visa holder) and the new employer could all attract civil and criminal liability under the Migration Act 1958. The primary 457 visa holder, in working for an employer which was not an approved 457 sponsor, is also liable to have his/her 457 visa cancelled.
In addition, a recent ruling of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) also suggests the non-observance of the above requirements will result in invalidity of the employment contract.
According to the FWC ruling (Smallwood v Ergo Asia Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 964) an employer who is not an approved sponsor under the 457 visa program cannot make a legally effective employment contract with a primary 457 visa holder. Therefore, attempts by an approved 457 visa sponsor and employer of a primary 457 visa holder to transfer employment of the employee to another employer who is not an approved sponsor will be legally ineffective.
Instead, the employment relationship and the obligation to comply with sponsorship obligations will remain with the approved 457 sponsor (being the original employer) including the obligation to ensure employment terms and conditions of employment provided to the employee are no less favourable than a domestic worker who performs equivalent work. Provisions in the employment contract with the purported new employer will be ineffective, such as post employment restraints, provisions protecting intellectual property and confidential information, and authorising lawful deductions to meet costs incurred by the new employer in relation to the new employment.
Author：Maria Jockel (partner), Charles Power (Partner)
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