20/12/2023
Hi all. Howard from JobSource here.
If you are wondering how the recently released government Migration Strategy has affected Labour Market Testing, here’s a brief update…
Right Now (December 2023)
• Labour Market Testing remains much the same. It is still required for several key Visas and Subclasses as before. (See below)
• The requirement to advertise positions through Workforce Australia has been removed for new nominations lodged on or after Dec 11th 2023
• Two, prominent, national-reach advertisements are still required.
In the Medium to Long Term (Late 2024 - 2025)
• The validity period of LMT reports will increase from 4 to 6 months.
The indicative timeframe is late 2024. Expect this to change around Jan 2025.
• The government says it will CONSIDER moving away from employer conducted labour market testing to independent verification of labour market need. The indicative timeframe is also stated as late 2024.
• The commitment to ‘consider’ seems far from certain or guaranteed, so for the medium term at least, it would appear that Labour Market Testing will still be required (with the adjustments mentioned above) until at least early 2025.
• Longer term, the government may, after due consideration decide to replace labour Market testing with a new independent verification of labour market need. That however, does not appear to be a certainty at this point in time.
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