Migrant exploitation
If you are a migrant worker you have the same rights as New Zealand workers, and it is a crime for employers to exploit you. What to do if you feel you are being exploited.
Work rights
Information about your rights as a worker in New Zealand and the responsibilities some employers have when they hire migrants.
Working in New Zealand
- Getting a job
- Qualifications for work
- Skilled work
- Starting a business: Entrepreneur Work Visa
- Work rights
- Migrant exploitation
- Fishing crew rights and obligations
- Your employer's commitments to hire you on an AEWV
- Making voluntary deductions
- How long can you work in New Zealand for
- Maximum continuous stay and longer visa length for the AEWV
- Pay rates for existing Essential Skills Work Visas
- Qualifications eligible for a Post Study Work Visa
- Employing overseas entertainers
- List of ANZSCO occupations treated as an exception
- Wage rate requirements for visas
- Open work visa for former PSWV holders
- Check if an employer is accredited
Fishing crew rights and obligations
Specific responsibilities and obligations apply to employers who want to employ workers to work as crew on a fishing vessel.
Your employer's commitments to hire you on an AEWV
If your employer is hiring you on an Accredited Employer Work Visa they must meet NZ employment law and other commitments, including giving you specific settlement support.
Making voluntary deductions
If you are working in New Zealand on a Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Limited Visa you can give your employer permission to deduct money from your pay to cover some costs.