Applying for a Job Check: employer checklist

This checklist is to help accredited employers who need to complete a Job Check before hiring migrant workers on the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

If you are an employer and you cannot find suitable New Zealanders for a role, you can apply to hire migrants on the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV).

Before you start a Job Check application

You need to be accredited to hire migrants on an AEWV.

The accreditation process

You must also have:

  • a job description
  • a proposed employment agreement
  • evidence you advertised the job, if it pays less than NZD$59.32 an hour (twice the February 2023 median wage rate) or is not on the Green List
  • a Work and Income Engagement Check that confirms that you engaged with Work and Income if the job is at skill level 4 or 5 on the Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), and
  • spaces available to hire another migrant within your allocation of 5 migrants, if you have standard accreditation.

What is ANZSCO and how to find your skill level

You can include multiple vacancies in 1 Job Check if the job details are the same and they are covered by the same employment agreement and job advertisement. If the location, job title or terms of work are different, you will need a separate Job Check for each role.

Guide to the Job Check requirements

Use this checklist to ensure you have all the information and evidence you need to submit with your application.

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Employment details

Jobs on the Green List

What is ANZSCO and how to find your skill level

Note

Choose an accurate ANZSCO code for the job. We will not give you more time to advertise a role or engage with Work and Income if you apply for a Job Check for an ANZSCO skill level 1, 2 or 3 role, but we assess it as being ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5.

Remuneration details

The job must pay the market rate and at least NZD$29.66 an hour (the February 2023 median wage rate) unless it is on an exemption list.

Job advertisement

You must include these details in your job advertisement. If the job is on the Green List or pays at least NZD$59.32 an hour (twice the February 2023 median wage rate) you do not need to advertise the job. 

You must advertise a job for a minimum of 14 calendar days for roles at ANZSCO skill levels 1 to 3, and for 21 calendar days for roles at ANZSCO skill levels 4 and 5.

Advertise the job before your Job Check

Engage with Work and Income

Before you apply for a Job Check, you must engage with Work and Income if the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5. You must engage with Work and Income in addition to advertising the job. You can engage with Work and Income while you are advertising the job.

 

You will be asked to confirm in your Job Check application that the person who engaged with Work and Income was someone responsible for making hiring decisions.

The details you provided to Work and Income should match what you submit in your Job Check application.

Engage with Work and Income before your Job Check

Proposed employment agreement

You will be asked to provide an unsigned draft contract or employment agreement for the job you are offering.

Employment agreements must have all the clauses required by employment law. There are some immigration specific requirements you must include.

If you apply for a Job Check and the employment agreement does not meet these requirements the application may be declined.

Creating an employment agreement — Employment New Zealand

You can still negotiate pay and hours with the worker, as long as the actual hours are within the range provided in your Job Check. The information you provide helps us check the guaranteed pay rate if we need to.

Bonding clauses are provisions in an employment agreement that require an employee to repay money to the employer if the employee leaves the employment within a certain timeframe. The employment agreement cannot include any unacceptable bonding clauses.

Recruitment, training or equipment costs

When you apply for a Job Check you will be asked to declare that you will not pass on any recruitment, training or equipment costs related to the job to the employee. This applies if the employee is inside or outside of New Zealand.

Supporting documents

You must have a copies of these documents ready to upload when requested in the Supporting documents section.

If supporting documents are required and not provided, there may be a delay in processing your application.

NZ workforce requirements for the construction sector

Pay the application fee

You can pay the job check application fee by:

  • credit card
  • debit card
  • China UnionPay
  • POLi