Immigration - New Rules and Employer Best Practices 2024 - 31 October 2024 (On Demand)

Keep up to speed with immigration rules, compliance and obligations as an employer, and best practices to protect and enhance your business and your migrant workforce.

Immigration rules and procedures are always changing.

Being a responsible employer of migrant workers has become more challenging in recent times with continual changes, and with Immigration New Zealand’s increased focus on employers and a new penalty regime for breaches.

Current economic pressures make workforce planning a challenge. Plus, there is strong competition for high performing and skilled migrant workers within New Zealand. Both pressures should be accommodated in your recruitment, retention and reshaping strategies.

We will provide an update on immigration rules, simplify your compliance requirements and advise best practice when it comes to managing your migrant workforce as well as protecting yourself from accusations of exploitation.

This webinar is useful for small to large sized firms. The immigration requirements and recommendations are similar, and we address the additional complexities for larger firms with multiple decentralized HR teams.

Agenda with include:

• A review of New Zealand Immigration and visas at a macro level
• A delve into the accredited employer work visa scheme, employer obligations and compliance with suggested tools and best practices, including retention strategies and reshaping considerations for migrant employees
• A detailed review of immigration rules that have recently changed and future changes being considered.

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

In relation to your migrant workers:

• You will have a clearer understanding of your obligations and compliance requirements.
• You will learn best practices in terms of migrant employment and support.
• This will enable you to review your internal migrant management resources (people, processes, systems and strategies) and make changes to future proof yourselves as a complaint and supportive employer of migrant workers.

SUITED TO 

HR / People & Culture leads and Immigration professionals.

PRESENTER

Samantha Ingham, Special Projects and Licenced Immigration Adviser, Malcolm Pacific Immigration

Sam Ingham is a Licenced Immigration Adviser who works with NZ businesses and associations to assist them navigate the complex and ever-changing immigration landscape. Sam provides immigration advice, strategies, seminars, webinars, and onsite training for our clients. Originally from Scotland, Sam completed her Engineering degree in London and then travelled extensively consulting on major international construction projects.