Employment & workplaceDepartment of State
Department of Employment
18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017
Renamed Department of Jobs and Small Business in 2017.
Department of State responsible for employment policy and employment services, workplace relations, and work health and safety and workers' compensation policy.
Names over time
- Department of Employment2013–2017
- Department of Jobs and Small Business2017–2019
- Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business2019–2020
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 at the start of the Abbott government, from the employment and workplace relations functions of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Eric Abetz became Minister for Employment.
- Employment policy and employment services
- Workplace relations
- Work health and safety and workers' compensation policy
Changes during its life
- APS workplace relations and bargaining policy
How it ended
Renamed the Department of Jobs and Small Business on 20 December 2017, when it also took on small business policy.
- Employment policy and services
- Workplace relations
- Work health and safety
Main functions
- Employment policy and labour market programs
- Employment services (Job Services Australia, then jobactive from July 2015)
- Workplace relations and the Fair Work framework
- Building and construction industry workplace relations policy
- Work health and safety and workers' compensation policy
- Labour market research and analysis
Bodies in this portfolio (2)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 18 September 2013 (created it)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 13 April 2017 (sets it out)
8 more Administrative Arrangements Orders set it out
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 12 December 2013 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 December 2014 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 9 July 2015 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015, as amended to 18 February 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 30 September 2015, as amended to 19 July 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016 (sets it out)
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 1 September 2016, as amended to 27 October 2016 (sets it out)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to 30 September 2017)
- Administrative Arrangements Order, 18 September 2013 (Federal Register of Legislation, C2013G01404)