{"id":553329,"date":"2026-07-31T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553329\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:41:25","slug":"new-zealand-introduces-practical-changes-to-rse-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553329\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand introduces &#8216;practical changes&#8217; to RSE scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the unveiled changes include longer accreditation periods of three or six years for employers with strong compliance history and track records.<\/p>\n<p>Employers endorsed by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) will also see a simplified and quicker Agreement to Recruit process, where they no longer need to show they have advertised roles or listed vacancies with MSD.<\/p>\n<p>The government is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beehive.govt.nz\/release\/simpler-clearer-more-effective-rse-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">introducing clearer rules on the genuine costs<\/a> that employers can recover from workers, such as transport, insurance, and accommodation, in a bid to make the scheme more transparent to the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These changes will help employers focus on their core operations, provide greater certainty for workers and employers, and maintain safeguards that ensure New Zealanders are prioritised for available jobs,&#8221; Stanford said.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits for workers<\/p>\n<p>For workers, the RSE reforms will make it easier for them to move between accredited employers in certain circumstances, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.govt.nz\/about-us\/news-centre\/changes-announced-to-the-recognised-seasonal-employer-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the government<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Among the unveiled changes include longer accreditation periods of three or six years for employers with strong compliance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1144,917,111,43,139,69,271855],"class_list":["post-553329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-human-resources","tag-immigration","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rse-scheme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}