Unions and employers have backed the case to boost migration from 160,000 to 200,000 places a year
in a crucial step to a wider deal on jobs after all sides accepted the need for urgent changes to fix chronic labour shortages.
“Clearly there’s a need to look at migration issues and they’ll be looked at over the next couple of days,” he said.“The federal government sets the migration numbers and the federal government will continue to set the migration numbers but I’m very pleased at the level of co-operation which we’re seeing in the lead-up to the Jobs and Skills Summit.”
There is no deal, however, on the ACTU’s call for enterprise bargaining agreements to be negotiated across multiple employers in big industries such as childcare, aged care and hospitality because the Australian Industry Group and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry fear it would lead to industry-wide strikes.
A bigger dispute is emerging over the minimum salary an employer must pay when sponsoring a worker from overseas on the 482 visa, known as the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold and currently set at $53,900. “We appear to be reaching consensus on boosting Australia’s permanent skilled migration intake to more ambitious levels,” he said.
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