Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97) - New Zealand (Ratification: 1950)

The Committee takes note of the information supplied in the Government's report. It also notes the information provided by the Government in the context of the application of the Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (No. 44).

Article 6(b) of the Convention. The Committee notes that section 74A(1) of Social Security Act, No. 136 of 4 December 1964, as amended in 1991 and 1993, provides amongst other things that a person who holds a temporary work permit will not have the right to receive cash benefits; however, the Director-General of Social Security may, in certain circumstances, grant an emergency benefit under section 61 of the Act or a special benefit under section 61G of the Act.

The Committee asks the Government to indicate the manner in which section 74A(1) of the 1964 Social Security Act is applied in practice and in particular to state whether all persons who hold a temporary residence permit, regardless of the duration of their stay, may be barred from entitlement to cash benefits.