The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has shed more light on what it considers as ‘acceptable expenditure’ to meet training benchmarks.
It has also given an update on what ‘expenditure periods’ will be applied when assessing benchmark compliance.
Retrospective application of training benchmark changes
For those wondering if training benchmark changes will apply retrospectively, the position is that previous instruments and policy, rather than the new instruments, will be used to assess Standard Business Sponsors (SBS) and Employer Nominated Sponsorship (ENS) Direct Entry (DE) applications that were lodged before 1st July 2017.
As for sponsoring employers who lodged SBS applications and ENS DE nomination applications on 1st July 2017 or after, they are expected to prove having incurred new expenditure, that is expenditure dating back to the previous financial year or the previous 12 months that meets Training Benchmark A or B.
Applicants that have previously been an SBS contrary to regulations will be assessed using training requirements that applied at the time of their most recent approval as an SBS. This means that requirements may differ for particular years of their sponsorship agreement; what matters is which training benchmarks requirements were in place at the time.
Fortunately for employers, the DIBP is taking a slightly liberal approach about recently changed benchmark requirements and has given case officers leeway to use their discretion when assessing employers’ commitment to training Australians.
Skilling Australians Fund
From March 2018 the current training benchmark requirements will cease to be operational and will be replaced by a new Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) levy. This will be paid for by the employer when they nominate potential employees for the new Temporary Skill Shortage visa, as well as the subclass 186 and 187 visas.
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