Changes continue to be rolled out by the Department of Immigration & Border Protection (DIBP). A recent change relates to the training benchmarks that 457 business sponsors are obliged to meet - this article explains how the changes impact employers.
Benchmark A - Payments to a Training
Fund
This involves paying 2% of payroll to an industry
training fund. From July 2017 payments may be made to one of the following:
Industry training fund
Fund managed by recognised Industry Body
Scholarship fund...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186 Visa) - Changes Commence
Further to the announcement
earlier in the year by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection
(DIBP) the first wave of amendments to the Employer Nomination Scheme have been
released, with most changes taking effect from 1 July 2017.
The major talking points from
these amendments include:
The reduction of the upper age limit from 49 to 44
years of age for an applicant (Direct Entry Stream);
The removal of the exemption from providing a skills
assessment due to earnings being above the high income threshold (Direct Entry...
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