{"id":31283,"date":"2022-06-20T12:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T02:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/?p=31283"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T07:20:53","slug":"nzs-job-check-now-open-for-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/news\/nzs-job-check-now-open-for-employers\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ\u2019s Job check now open for employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for a job check are now open to accredited New Zealand employers as part of the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) which commences 4 July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The job check is the second of a 3-step process to be able to hire a migrant worker therefore if you are an employer who is already accredited, you can now apply for a job check. Job check approval is valid for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Accredited employers who pass the job check can ask a migrant worker to apply for an AEWV from 4 July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>For employers who are advertising more than one role, they can be included together in a job check if they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>included in the same set of advertising<\/li>\n<li>the same job for the same employer in the same place, and<\/li>\n<li>covered by the same proposed employment agreement with the same pay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note, separate job checks are needed if the terms of the work vary between roles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ed7d31;\"><strong>Checklist before applying for a job check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before you start a job check application you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>accreditation to hire on the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)<\/li>\n<li>an acceptable job offer, job description and employment agreement (the job must be for at least 30 hours a week and pay the market rate and at least the New Zealand median wage of NZD $27.76 an hour, unless it is on an exemption list)<\/li>\n<li>evidence you advertised if the job pays less than twice the median wage or is not on the Green List \u2013 most jobs need to be advertised for two weeks<\/li>\n<li>the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) code that best matches the job you are offering based on the INZ view of ANZSCO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the AEWV which opens on 4 July 2022, contact our team of experts who can work on your behalf and complete the employer accreditation process.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get in touch with Arno and the team to find out how we can help:<\/em> <a href=\"mailto:Arno.Nothnagel@absoluteimmigration.com\">Arno.Nothnagel@absoluteimmigration.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications for a job check are now open to accredited New Zealand employers as part of the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) which commences 4 July 2022. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}