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(mostly for
TRT pathway where employers need to meet training for EACH year since gra
nt of 457)
ARTICLE OUTLINE
Working Title: TRAINING BENCHMARKS A & B: How Employers Can Meet the
Training Requirements for Sponsorship
BODY/DRAFT:
1. Last June 23, 2017, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter
Dutton released “Migration (IMMI 17/045: Specification of Training Benchmarks
and Training Requirements) Instrument 2017”.
4. The training requirement also depends on whether or not you are a newly-
established business. If you have been operating for less than 12 months, then
you must prove that you have a genuine commitment to training. You must be
able to show evidence of an Auditable Training Plan which you can get from
training organizations and educational institutions such as TAFE. You also have
the option of creating your own training plan.
6. On the other hand, if you have been operating for 12 months or more, you
should be able to prove that you have an existing training record. You must
show that you have spent for training during the previous or within the current
financial year.
11. Payroll simply means the total amount an employer pays to its employees and
contractors as wages and salaries. Otherwise, it shall refer to the total value of the
director’s salaries or the actual profit of the business.
14. Not all expenses for training are acceptable. Below is a list of approved training
expenditures that will allow you to meet Training Benchmark B: (please take note
that the below content is copy-pasted from the legislative instrument, with only a few
rewordings; please advise):
15. The following have recently been announced as unacceptable and cannot count
towards meeting Training Benchmark B (please take note that the below content is copy-
pasted from the legislative instrument, with only a few rewordings; please advise):
. (a) on the job training that is not otherwise identified as applicable expenditure for
Training Benchmark B;
. (b) training that is not relevant to the industry in which the business operates;
. (c) training undertaken by persons who are principals in the business or their family
members;
. (d) training that has a very low skill level having regard to the characteristics and
size of the business;
. (f) staff salaries apportioned to time spent undertaking online or other training
courses;
17. Under Training Benchmark A, the employer is required to allocate at least two
percent (2%) of its payroll to a training fund. This must be evidenced by a RECEIPT for
the payment or a LETTER from the fund where the donation was made.
18. The Training fund MUST operate in the same industry or at least related to the
business.
. (a) an industry training fund: that is, a statutory authority responsible for providing
funding for training of eligible workers in certain industries;
21. Below are the training expenditures that are no longer acceptable for purposes of
meeting Training Benchmark A (please take note that the below content is copy-pasted from
the legislative instrument, with only a few rewordings; please advise):
22) In summary, the training requirements vary depending on what type of business
you are. If you are a newly-established entity, then all that you have to submit is an
Auditable Training Plan that proves your genuine commitment to training.
23). On the other hand, if you have been operating for 12 months or more, then you
have two options to meet the training requirement: Benchmark A (2% of the payroll)
and B (1% of the payroll). You may choose to meet either of two benchmarks. And if
you fail to meet one, you can take the alternative route and try to meet the other
benchmark.