Good Afternoon everyone.
I have a bit of a tricky situation:
- I have been working for employer X under a Working Holiday Visa (which is set to expire in June 2017)
- I have gotten a job offer from an accredited employer Y and I will apply for the appropriate visa.
- I'm supposed to start in a couple of weeks with my employer Y (with the new AE work visa); however, I will still be on the payroll with my current employer X until early January (as I'm taking paid leave as part of my notice period). There's no garden leave provision in the contract with my current employer X.
My question is, is this a valid thing to do? Can I hold a working holiday visa (that doesn't tie me having just one employer) AND a work visa (with the employer limitations)? Or would the new AE work visa automatically cancel my WHV, thus making me ineligible to work with employer X
The alternative would be to ask for payment in lieu of the paid leave, but I would be missing out on the four national holidays related to christmas and new years :P