Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (also called DEWR) was an Australian government department that existed between November 2001 and December 2007.

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Department overview
Formed26 November 2001[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved3 December 2007[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Department executive
Websitedewr.gov.au

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the Department's annual reports and on the Department's website.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 26 November 2001, the Department dealt with::[2]

  • Employment policy, including employment services
  • Job Network
  • Labour market programs, including the Work for the Dole scheme
  • Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
  • Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices
  • Co-ordination of labour market research
  • Australian government employment workplace relations policy, including administration of the framework for agreement making and remuneration and conditions
  • Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Work and family issues

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations.[1] The Secretary of the Department was Peter Boxall.[1][3]

References
  1. CA 8869: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 December 2013
  2. Administrative Arrangements Order issued 26 November 2001 (PDF), National Archives of Australia, 26 November 2001, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013
  3. Malone, Paul (November 2006), "Chapter 14: The Unabashed Rationalist – Peter Boxall, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations", Australian Department Heads Under Howard: Career Paths and Practice (Collected articles from the Canberra Times), ANU E Press and ANZSOG, ISBN 1 920942 83 1, archived from the original on 28 September 2013
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