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IMMIGRATION UPDATE – WORK VISA VARIATIONS EXPLAINED

If you're in New Zealand on a work visa and your employment circumstances change, it can be a stressful time filled with uncertainty. The good news is, you can update your work visa to match your new job offer! Work visas granted under the Post-Study Employer Assisted and the Essential skills categories have your role,...
Written by: Lauren Qiu
Categories: Topical issues

EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES ARE ON THEIR WAY

The Employment Relations Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament last week. It contains provisions rolling back the last government's changes to individual terms of employment and to collective bargaining and union rights. Proposed changes to individual employment agreements include: Restricting the use of 90-day trial periods to employers with fewer than 20 employees. Reinstating the...
Written by: Shima Grice
Categories: Corporate / Commercial | Law Changes | Topical issues

INCOME THRESHOLDS RISE FOR RESIDENCY AND WORK VISA APPLICATIONS

On 15 January 2018 Immigration New Zealand increased the salary bands for Essential Skills work visa and Skilled Migrant residency visa applications. The increases are slight, and come about because the remuneration thresholds are indexed against the New Zealand median income.  In September 2017, Statistics New Zealand announced that the average earnings from salaries and...
Written by: Michelle Urquhart
Categories: Law Changes | Topical issues

SIX THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING AN APARTMENT OFF THE PLAN

With council planning rules in many urban centres focussing strongly on increasing density of housing, and with many proposed new apartment developments in the pipeline for Tauranga, apartment living and buying an apartment is coming into sharp focus. The excitement of living close to the CBD, bars, restaurants and shops or simply not having to...
Written by: Matthew Billett
Categories: Topical issues
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