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Workers in confusion: Backpacker rights are ‘unclear’

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EMPLOYMENT rights and entitlements remain confusing for many inter­national workers.For 2½ months, 18-year-old German backpacker Gertrude* worked on a farm in Sunraysia to complete the 88 days required to secure her second working holiday visa. After unsuccessfully trying to claim money her former employer was meant to pay her, she decided to take things a step […]

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