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What is the change? Australia’s shadow government has submitted a bill to the Federal Parliament that would expand labour market testing requirements, change work and labour agreement standards and create an Australian Jobs Test to hold employers responsible for helping develop training in skills shortage areas.
What does the change mean? The proposed legislative amendments would place new responsibilities and additional evidentiary requirements on employers utilising the 457 visa programme. However, because it was proposed by the opposition party, it is unlikely the bill will receive Royal Assent and take effect, at least in its current form.
Background: The shadow government said the premise of its bill was to reflect that Australia’s temporary skilled migration programme “provides a vehicle for responding to skills shortages in the domestic labour market rather than for bypassing suitably qualified and experienced local workers.”
The bill would:
BAL Analysis: While the shadow government’s bill includes a bevy of new proposals that would impose new responsibilities on employers in the 457 visa programme, it is unlikely that the bill will receive majority support in the Federal Parliament. BAL will continue following the issues covered in the bill and will alert clients to any changes to the 457 or other Australian visa programmes.
This alert has been provided by BAL Australia. For additional information, please contact australia@bal.com
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