5 Best Reasons to Study Hospitality in Australia
Often people wonder as to why Australia is one of the most admired destinations when it comes to choosing to study hospitality. Well, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the reasons of why Australia is like a dream destination for those who aspire to study hospitality, it is important to know that Australian hospitality qualifications are recognized world over and are known to be some of the best around.
Most of the professionals who have been lucky enough to be able to study hospitality in Australia have been very pleased with their decision. They all has a unanimous opinion about the global acceptability of the degrees they earned in Australia and are leading very fulfilling lives in different parts of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans Predicts 20 Per Cent Drop in Net Migration
Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) numbers are predicted to drop by 20 per cent by the end of the current financial year.
This drop is in response to recent government reforms to temporary and permanent migration and economic conditions, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said today. Read the rest of this entry »
Northern Territory Government Working with Immigration Minister to Combat Territory Skills Shortage
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, has met the Northern Territory Government to discuss the development of a territory-specific migration program to target its skills needs.
“The Northern Territory Government is working cooperatively with the Rudd Government to address skill shortages and to ensure it has access to the skilled workers it needs,” Senator Evans said. Read the rest of this entry »
New Skilled Occupation List Fact Sheets
The fact sheets available to download from this post were sourced directly from the Department of Immigration. For further clarification on the new SOL, please visit www.immi.gov.au
Options that may be available to people who are not able to apply for independent general skilled migration
This fact sheet covers some of the options that may be available to people who now may not be able to apply for independent skilled migration due to the new skilled occupation list. Read the rest of this entry »
New Skilled Occupation List (SOL)
This is the list of occupations that are on the new Skill Occupation List. This list will come into effect on the 1st of July 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Chefs and Cooks Still Have Job Opportunities in Australia
Minister for Immigration, Senator Chris Evans, said well qualified chefs and cooks would continue to be welcome in Australia under a range of migration options today.
“The removal of the classifications for chefs and cooks from the Skilled Occupation List will not affect the ability of restaurateurs to bring in qualified staff to meet demand in the industry,” Senator Evans said.
This statement comes after Senator Evans yesterday announced the new Skilled Occupation List which eliminated around 200 professions from the previous list of over 400. Read the rest of this entry »
Cooks and Hairdressers Cut from the New Skilled Occupation List
Chris Evans, Immigration minister, will reveal the new skilled occupation list today, minus cooks, hairdressers, butter-makers, fashion designers and a number of other professions.
The new skilled occupation list will contain only 181 highly valued occupations, cutting over 200 professions from the previous list of over 400. Read the rest of this entry »
Employment in Australia
There are a lot of economic and technological reasons which have led to a major shortage of skilled workers in Australia. These reasons have also led to the uncertainty of whether or not the demand for skilled labor is going to continue. The Australian Govt. feels that the demand for skilled workers will grow very slowly and certain sectors like the manufacturing industry may even see a decline in the demand of skilled labor. This trend has been prevailing in Australia for the last 20 years and the Govt. is expecting the same trend to continue for some time to come.
Top Reasons to Work and Live in Australia
Australia is gaining popularity day by day in terms of being one of the best destinations known to provide superb career options and a great life style. We all know that Australia’s economy is booming and this has enabled people to get better job opportunities and this is surely a blessing for them. At this moment there are many opportunities of employment which are waiting to be grabbed. All the people who come under the category of qualified workers have a great opportunity waiting for them.
Australian Immigration Backs National Fair Work Campaign
The nationwide campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman has been backed by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in order to educate employers in the agricultural industry of its responsibility towards the workers who have migrated.
One of the authorized personnel for DIAC stated that Australian visa holders “represent a significant proportion of the harvest workforce for a wide variety of crops” and it is for this reason that it was extremely important that the employers were informed and made conscious about the requirements of immigration. Some time back the Govt. introduced a new legislation to shield the foreign workers from being taken advantage of by the employers.
Very often it had been noticed that the employers preferred to employ the foreign workers at very cheap rates in comparison to the local workforce and that is the time when the DIAC announced that it would be coordinating with the Fair Work Ombudsman, and the taxation office of Australia and even some of the health and safety agencies to make sure that the foreign employees got their due and were saved from being exploited. The legislation was aimed at all categories of workers, be it the immigrant workers or the locals, to get their due in tandem with the Australian workplace laws.
Although the DIAC hopes to get the task of making sure this information and message is known by all employers yet this is a difficult task and needs a collaborated effort from the agricultural industry and the immigration outreach officers. This new initiative which has been pioneered by the Fair Work Ombudsman is going to make sure that the relevant message is spread across in a manner which will make employers and employees of the agricultural sector aware of the repercussions of any breach of these laws.
The department is completely focused on making sure that the migration and visa programs are processed with integrity and do not have any kind of breach involved. The new legislation has rules which would fine the employers who are found guilty of breaching the laws. For the convenience of the employers and for them to be able to easily verify the visa status of their employees the VEVO program has been launched. The VEVO program is the Visa Entitlement Verification Online, which helps the employer to be able to check the details of their employees.
Once the worker consents on being verified the employer has the facility of being able to verify the details of the worker through the VEVO services. Any person found guilty of not being present with the right kind of documentation and permission to be working in the country is liable to be fined approximately $13000 and will also be put behind bars for duration of two years and if the employers are caught employing foreign workers illegally then they would be fined around $66,000 per illegal worker found employed.
It is expected that the new stringent laws would refrain the employers from taking advantage of employees and also refrain illegal employees from working and thereby bring about lawful implementation of employment laws.