Employer assistance

Employing migrant workers can be of great benefit to a business, but the rules for how your business must engage with migrant workers is different in various areas to how you would engage with citizens. Compliance is important because if you engage with migrant workers in exactly the same way that you would with a citizen or resident, there are possibilities of being in breach of immigration and employment law. Even simple things like paying wages from a different bank account can raise suspicion and cause a lot of problems.

As an employer you may need to be accredited and there are processes that you ned to follow to employ migrants and processes you need to follow to retain and reapply for accreditation. We handle all these things on your behalf so that you can concnetrate on running your business rather than being bogged down in red-tape.

We can also make sure that your workers remain lawful, that they understand the rules they need to follow and that you can make decisions on hiring that benefit your business rather than relying on misinformation and rumour. We see a lot of cases where rumpour in the migrant communities causes friction between employers and employees, so having professional representation eliminates this risk.

For employers we offer the following services:

• Accreditation and job checks (NZ)
• Compliance with immigration and relevant employment laws
• Finding suitable workers and managing their visa status
• coordinating employer's needs with migrant workers situations

These issues can be time consuming and without specialist knowledge and experience they can negatively affect how your business operates. Combined with a legislative requirement that only properly licensed professionals provide immigration advice and immigration assistance, it just makes sense to have this aspect of your business professionally managed.