Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Created on 1 July 2022 as a new department under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 23 June 2022, taking employment, skills and vocational education and training from the Department of Education, Skills and Employment and industrial and workplace relations from the Attorney-General's Department.

• Employment services (Workforce Australia)
• Skills, vocational education and training and apprenticeships
• Workplace relations policy and the Fair Work framework
• Work health and safety and workers' compensation (Comcare)
• Labour market and skills analysis (Jobs and Skills Australia)

Type of body

Non-corporate Commonwealth entity

Portfolio

Employment and Workplace Relations

Accountable authority

Secretary of the Department – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 section 12(2) item 1

ABN

96 584 957 427

• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation 1992–present
• Comcare 1992–present
• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission 1992–present
• Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority 1993–present
• Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner 2005–present
• Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 2009–present
• Safe Work Australia 2009–present
• Australian Skills Quality Authority 2011–present
• Fair Work Commission 2013–present
• Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 2013–2023
• Australian Building and Construction Commission 2016–2023
• Registered Organisations Commission 2017–2023
• National Skills Commission 2020–2022
• Jobs and Skills Australia 2022–present
• Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency 2023–present

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