Covid 19 coronavirus: 500 extra managed isolation spaces a fortnight for skilled and critical workers
10 May, 2021 04:17 AM
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The Government has announced 500 spaces a fortnight in managed isolation will be allocated over the next 10 months - the majority for skilled and critical workers.
The Government has announced 500 spaces a fortnight in managed isolation will be allocated over the next 10 months - the majority for skilled and critical workers.
The Government has announced 500 spaces a fortnight in managed isolation will be allocated over the next 10 months - the majority for skilled and critical workers.
This will include 300 workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme every month from June – with 2400 arriving by March 2022.
The Government has previously indicated that extra MIQ space created by the trans-Tasman bubble would likely be used bring in more economic migrants, plugging skill shortages in areas identified by the Government. “The Government and food and fibre sector have been working hard to mitigate worker shortages by training and up-skilling New Zealanders, but there is still the need for additional labour,” Hipkins said. “This decision should see around 2400 more RSE workers entering New Zealand in time for next summer’s harvest season and pruning this winter. This is in addition to the 7300 RSE workers currently in the country, including the 2000 the Government approved to support the horticulture and viticulture industries during the recent summer harvest seas
Hon Chris Hipkins Hon Damien O Connor
Five hundred spaces per fortnight will be allocated in managed isolation facilities over the next 10 months, many for skilled and critical workers to support our economic recovery, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor say.
“The Trans-Tasman bubble has freed up more rooms, allowing us to allocate more places in managed isolation for critical workers,” Chris Hipkins said.
“It has given us flexibility to expand our engagement with the rest of the world on a targeted basis and attract skills and people needed to drive our economic recovery, while carefully managing risks of bringing in COVID-19.
Govt announces 500 extra MIQ spaces a fortnight for skilled and critical workers
(Photo / NZ Herald) Fri, 14 May 2021, 1:19PM
The Government has announced 500 spaces a fortnight in managed isolation will be allocated over the next 10 months - the majority for skilled and critical workers.
The Government already has a policy for at least 10 per cent of MIQ spaces to be given to these workers – out of roughly 4500 fortnightly – but this announcement means 500 would be set aside for certain groups on a targeted basis.
The announcement was made at today s post-Cabinet press conference.
The trans-Tasman bubble had freed up more MIQ rooms, allowing more places in managed isolation to be allocated for critical workers, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said.
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