Corporate compliance is often front of mind for in-house
counsel. But immigration compliance is an area that still does not
receive due recognition in many organisations. This is despite the
fact that the legal consequences of non-compliance are serious for
organisations and reputational impacts can be just as
damaging.
Corporate compliance and risk mitigation are front of mind for
in-house counsel. Ensuring that the organisation can meet
operational goals, while ticking regulatory checkboxes, without the
negative consequences of government sanctions or reputational harm,
is central to fulfilling the function. Compliance with occupational
health and safety, terrorism and money laundering, workplace
harassment, and discrimination regimes all feature heavily among
the areas of concern for diligent counsel. But immigration
compliance remains something of a sleeper for many Australian
businesses. Do we know about it? Somewhat. Have we got a policy?
Maybe. What are we
