The Seasonal Workers Program or SWP is known as the Australian program that provides short term employment under the Labour Mobility Program. The term of employment under this program is 9 months maximum around the sector of Horticulture and Viticulture, Hospitality and Poultry farm.
The Seasonal Workers program started in 2009 with a pilot and in August 2012 the signing of the MOU to fully engage in the program and September 2015 another signing for the expansion for SWP including removing the annual limit on the number of seasonal workers who can participate, and expanding the program to the agriculture industry and the Hospitality industry in selected locations.
There are two types of recruitment provided under the Seasonal Employment Act of 2007 (SEA no of 2007) and that is through (1) local Agents and (2) Direct Recruitment – where employer come to Vanuatu and directly involve in recruitment.