Impact of 457 changes to the PR consulting sector Survey

1.Does your company have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN)?(Required.)

Yes

2.Name of your organisation(Required.)

3.Do you offer public relations services?

Yes

4.How many staff in total do you employ on a full-time basis in Australia (including those on 457s)?

Total number of staff

5.How many public relations staff does your organisation sponsor under 457 visa rules (total number)

6.How many of those visas are categorised as PR Professional as per the 457 approved occupation list?

7.How many of those visas are categorised as PR Manager as per the 457 approved occupation list?

8.How many staff are you currently recruiting (not yet hired) using 457 provisions?

9.How many of these are categorised under the PR Professional category as per the 457 approved occupation list?

10.How many of these are categorised under the PR Manager category as per the 457 approved occupation list?

11.How many staff on 457 visas other than PR Professional or PR Manager do you employ? (such as front-end web developer, data scientist, digital strategist, social media communication manager)

12.Please list the non-PR occupations you currently employ on class 457 visas?

13.What is the primary reason you employ staff on 457s in your organisation?

14.Do you rely on staff secured on 457 visas to help you compete at a global level?

Yes

15.What is the primary reason staff on 457s in your organisation agreed to relocate to Australia?

- The ability to easily transition from a 457 work visa to a permanent resident visa

- The ability to continue to build on their career relatively seamlessly without significant visa restrictions

- The ability to make a significant contribution to your firm by leveraging their international experience

- The support and training offered by your organisation to ensure ongoing career development

Other (please specify)

16.What do you regard as the most critical issues your organisation will face if the proposed changes to the 457 program are introduced?

- Unable to grow my business as the unique skill set we require is not available in Australia

- Reduced ability to service existing clients over time as staff will be attracted to in-house roles on much bigger salaries which we can't compete with

- Unable to provide global best-practice insights and ideas as we will lose the unique perspective that professionals from other countries bring

- Escalating salary costs (and therefore costs to end-customer) as the communications sector competes for a shrinking mid- to-senior-level labour pool

Other (please specify)

17.As a percentage, what financial impact do you believe the proposed 457 restrictions will have on your organisation's annual revenue?

- Decrease of less than 5 percent

- Decrease of between 5 and 10 percent

- Decrease of between 10 and 20 percent

- Decrease of between 20 and 40 percent

- Decrease of between 40 and 60 percent

- Decrease of greater than 60 percent

- No change to revenue

- Increase of greater than 10 percent

18.By how much do you anticipate your annual hiring and staff costs to rise as a direct result of the change from the Temporary Work Visa program to the new Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa?

I anticipate my staff costs will rise by less than 5 percent

I anticipate my staff costs will rise by between 5 and 10 percent

I anticipate my staff costs will rise by between 10 and 20 percent

I anticipate my staff costs will rise by between 20 and 30 percent

I anticipate my staff costs will rise by more than 30 percent

I don't think it will change my staff costs

I think my staff costs will fall

19.Can the Public Relations Institute of Australia contact you if required as part of preparing its industry response to the Federal Government?

Yes

20.Any other comments:

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Impact of 457 changes to the PR consulting sector

Survey of PR and communication consultancy owners, CEOs and Directors