News Hub New Zealand | 5 November 2018 The horticulture and viticulture industries are set to benefit from the Government’s decision to allow more overseas seasonal workers. The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme will increase the cap on foreign workers by 1750 to 12,850. The scheme, which has been in place since 2007, allows employers […]
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Obrero (worker) is a film about Filipino construction workers temporarily migrating to Christchurch, New Zealand for the earthquake rebuild. The project is comprised of three media formats: the documentary film, the interactive documentary (i-doc), and a social media page. Aside from using multiple platforms, Obrero also employs a transjournalistic mode of representation, expanding the reportage
whatsoninvers.nz | 15 August 2018 New Zealand — Alliance Group’s plan to recruit 100 overseas workers is a necessary move and representative of Southland’s increasing labour-force shortages, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. The Alliance plan and other migrant recruitment underway would be necessary for the region to achieve the Southland Regional
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By: Barry Soper | Newstalk ZB 31 January 2017 The Prime Minister’s not averse to looking at a special levy on migrants to help pay for schools, healthcare and roads. It’s been suggested by the New Zealand Initiative in a report looking at the impact of immigration on New Zealand. Bill English said it’s an
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17 September 2015, Scoop Independent News Workplace Relations and Safety and Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse and the Philippines Secretary of Labour and Employment Ms Rosalinda Baldoz have today signed a bilateral Arrangement on the recruitment and treatment of Filipino migrant workers. “New Zealand greatly values the contribution Filipino workers make to New Zealand’s labour force
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18 November, 2014 – NZCity News A milk distribution company in Christchurch has been fined for charging a migrant worker fees for her job after they helped her get a work visa. A Christchurch milk distribution company has been fined $5000 for illegally charging a migrant worker a fee for her job after they helped
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19 September 2014, FarmingShow.com (New Zealand) Filipino migrant workers are bearing the brunt of hefty recruitment costs, taking the weight off Canterbury employers to pay their fair share. Newstalk ZB understands some workers from the Philippines are being charged upwards of $10,000 by recruitment agencies to come to New Zealand. Meanwhile, employers are being charged
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26 August 2014, Press.co.nz Migrant workers in New Zealand are at risk of working in slavery-like conditions, a Human Rights Commission diversity forum has heard. Organisers of the two-day forum, which finished in Christchurch yesterday, said the treatment of refugee and migrant workers in this country was a “top human rights priority”. In a discussion
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5 August 2014, Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand A group of Filipino carpenters recruited to work in Christchurch’s rebuild had no work when they arrived and had to rely on charity to get by. Recruitment and labour hire company Adecco promised fulltime jobs to a group of about 12 workers coming from the Philippines to work on
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2 August, 2014, Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand A raft of new labour-hire companies have set up in post-quake Christchurch, prompting concerns from unions and audits from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The labour-hire business is exploding as the rebuild reaches momentum, with at least 17 new agencies opening in the past three years.
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