How managerial positions have been affected by changes to the skilled visa scheme

On 18 March 2018, the Temporary Work (Skilled) (subclass 457) visa, more commonly known as the '457 visa' was abolished and replaced with a new skilled visa scheme, called the Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) visa ('TSS visa').

Discussions surrounding the changes to the 457 visa came well before its demise.  On 18 April 2017, the Turnbull government announced that some changes to the 457 visa would be effective immediately, some would commence 1 July 2017, and more would be implemented before 18 March 2018.

Now that all proposed changes have come into effect and the dust has somewhat settled, employers are once again enquiring about the requirements for sponsoring skilled workers.