Employment Services Regulatory Authority
ESRA
1995 – 1998
Statutory authority that regulated the competitive case management market created by Working Nation, accrediting and contracting private, community and public case managers for long-term unemployed people and monitoring their performance.
How it came into existence
Established in 1995 under the Employment Services Act 1994, part of the Keating government's Working Nation program, as a new statutory regulator of the competitive case management market for long-term unemployed people.
Legislation: Employment Services Act 1994
Changes during its life
- 11 March 1996Portfolio responsibility passed to the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.
How it ended
Abolished as the Howard government replaced the Working Nation arrangements with the Job Network, under which the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs contracted employment services providers directly.
- Contracting and monitoring of employment services providers
Main functions
- Accreditation of case management providers
- Contracting and payment of case managers
- Monitoring provider performance and service standards
- Development of the competitive employment services market
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.
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Sources
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