The Australian Department of Jobs and Small Business is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for employment, job services and the labour market, workplace relations, small business, and deregulation. The Department was established on the 20 December 2017 and is part of the larger Jobs and Innovation portfolio which also includes the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science which reports to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation Senator Michaelia Cash. The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Jobs and Small Business, currently Kerri Hartland.
Video Department of Jobs and Small Business (Australia)
History
The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 20 December 2017 and replaced the functions previously performed by the Department of Employment which was formed in 2013.
Preceding departments
- Department of Labor and Immigration (12 June 1974 - 22 December 1975)
- Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (22 December 1975 - 5 December 1978)
- Department of Employment and Youth Affairs (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 (11 March 1996 - 21 October 1998)
- Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (21 October 1998 - 26 November 2001)
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (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)
Maps Department of Jobs and Small Business (Australia)
Operational activities
The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters:
- Employment policy, including employment services
- Job Services Australia
- Labour market programs for people of working age
- Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
- Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices, including workplace productivity
- Co-ordination of labour market research
- Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
- Equal employment opportunity
- Work and family programs
- Reducing the burden of government regulation
- Small business policy and programmes
See also
- Minister for Employment
- List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
References
External links
- Department of Employment website
- Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Website
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