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Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

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Formed
  
21 October 1998

Headquarters
  
Canberra

Dissolved
  
26 November 2001

Preceding Department
  
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth AffairsDepartment of Workplace Relations and Small Business

Superseding agency
  
Department of Employment and Workplace RelationsDepartment of Industry, Tourism and Resources

Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001.

Contents

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

At its creation, the Department was responsible for the following:

  • Employment policy, including employment services
  • Job Network
  • Labour market programs, including the Work for the Dole scheme
  • Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
  • Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices
  • Small business policy and implementation, including business entry point management
  • Co-ordination of labour market research
  • Australian government employment pay and conditions
  • Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
  • Notification and assessment of industrial chemicals
  • Affirmative action
  • Work and family issues

    • Structure

    The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.

    References

    Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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