When an opportunity to move to New Zealand to accept a role with global dairy giant Fonterra came up, Nicola Spencer didn’t look back. It was a far cry from the HR role she held for a Sydney engineering consultancy in various human resources roles and was ready for a fresh challenge. The Sydneysider has [...]
Australian Immigration Update TSS Visa & Labour Market Testing The good news is that there are now more exemptions to Labour Market Testing. The Labour Market Testing (LMT) requirement is mandatory under the Temporary Skilled Shortage Visa (TSS) visa subclass 482 unless the applicant is exempt. This exemption has been expanded and now, for [...]
The long anticipated TSS (Temporary Skilled Shortage), subclass 482 visa comes into force on 18 March 2018. Say Goodbye to the 457 Visa! A quick recap on what we are currently working with: - The Short-term stream, under which overseas workers whose occupations are on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List will be able to [...]
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has advised that the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) will commence this coming Sunday 12 August. What is the SAF? The nomination training contribution charge offsets expenditure from the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF). The SAF is a training fund administered by the Department of Education and Training. The SAF will [...]
In this issue, Deborah de Cerff, TEMI Founder, talks with Brynne Kennedy, Topia CEO, about the opportunities and challenges global mobility has for today’s changing workforce. Brynne Kennedy, Founder / CEO Topia Three major trends have changed the nature of work today: (1) an increasingly global and complex inter-dependent economy, (2) changing demographics [...]
By Amanda Tinner June 2017 With so many changes to the Australian visa program already implemented and further changes to be implemented over the next nine months, what should HR people now be asking themselves, what should they be planning for and what should they be telling the business? Longer Lead Times Looking at the [...]
In today’s economy the need for businesses to develop a global mindset in their leaders is no longer a luxury but rather a competitive necessity. As a result the percentage of Australian companies offering their employees the opportunity to live and work overseas continues to increase even within these volatile and uncertain times. However expatriate [...]
We interviewed Liz Mann, Talent Mobility Business Partner – People & Culture. Liz is responsible for managing the global mobility function for Grant Thornton Australia. Give us a bit of background about you and your career so far. With over 20 years’ experience in HR, I’ve spent half of that time specialising in the [...]
Article by: Shana Schreier-Joffe The Global Mobility and Skills Forum in Adelaide held on the 22nd to 24th November 2016 was an international conference designed to explore the challenges facing business in dealing with skill acquisition and an increasingly mobile workforce. There were numerous very experienced and thought provoking speakers at the conference, however one [...]
Article by: Jan Pacas As a former CEO with the ultimate responsibility for hiring around one hundred employees every year, it often takes months and months to find a great candidate to fill a key role in your team or organization. There is nothing more frustrating than finding that the person you choose doesn’t perform, [...]