The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (also called DEWR) is an

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department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

formed on 1 July 2022.

History

The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 1 June 2022. It split the preceding

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into the newly formed Department of Education and Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Preceding departments

Department of Labor and Immigration The Department of Labor and Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between June 1974 and December 1975. History When the Department of Labor and Immigration was formed by the Whitlam Government in June 1974, ...

(12 June 1974 – 22 December 1975) * Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (22 December 1975 – 5 December 1978) *

Department of Employment and Youth Affairs The Department of Employment and Youth Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1978 and May 1982. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be f ...

(5 December 1978 – 7 May 1982) * Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (7 May 1982 – 24 July 1987) * Department of Employment, Education and Training (24 July 1987 – 11 March 1996) *

Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs The Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between March 1996 and October 1998. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding ...

(11 March 1996 – 21 October 1998) *

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business The Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business was an Australian government department that existed between October 1998 and November 2001. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government fund ...

(21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001) *

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (also called DEWR) is an Government of Australia, Australian government Government department, department formed on 1 July 2022. History The department was formed by way of an Machinery of ...

(26 November 2001 – 3 December 2007) * Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013) * Department of Employment (18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017) *

Department of Jobs and Small Business Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

(20 December 2017 – 29 May 2019) *

Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business The Australian Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business was a short-lived department of the Government of Australia in existence between 2019 and 2020, charged with the responsibility for employment, job services and the labour ...

(29 May 2019 – 1 February 2020) *

(1 February 2020 – 1 July 2022)

Operational activities

The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters: *

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* Employment policy, including employment services * Labour market programmes for people of working age * Co-ordination of labour market research * Equal employment opportunity * Work and family programmes * Participation, activity test and compliance policy for participation payment recipients * Work health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation * Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation * Skills and vocational education policy regulation and programmes, including vocational education and training in schools * Training, including apprenticeships and training and skills assessment services * Training transitions policy and programmes * Foundation skills for adults

References

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