Migration Amendment (Putting Local Workers First) Bill 2016 [2017] AUSStaCSBSD 14 (8 February 2017)

• Migration Amendment (Putting Local Workers First) Bill 2016

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Migration Amendment (Putting Local Workers First) Bill 2016

Purpose	This bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 and Migration Regulations 1994 to: • require employers nominating 457 visa workers under labour agreements, and as standard business sponsors, to meet certain labour market testing requirements; • require certain sponsors in specified sectors to employ their guest workers under a Labour Agreement; • introduce an Australian Jobs Test that requires employers to demonstrate their contribution to local employment and skills development as part of their application to sponsor temporary workers; • require the minister to publish policy guidelines relating to the negotiation of certain agreements; • require certain 457 visa applicants to hold a relevant licence or undertake a mandatory skills assessment
Portfolio/Sponsor	Mr Bill Shorten MP
Introduced	House of Representatives on 28 November 2016

The committee has no comment on this bill.