Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1982–1987)
August 30, 2023
The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was an Australian governmentdepartment that existed between May 1982 and July 1987. It was the second Australian Government Department to be given the name.
When announcing the new department in 1982, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser issued a press release stating that "the Government's policies in relation to maintaining high levels of employment and effective industrial relations, and the close links between these two areas require the Departments of Industrial Relations and Employment and Youth Affairs to be brought together again. The Department's were split during the formative stages of the employment and training programs."[2]
ScopeEdit
Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports.
At its creation, the department was responsible for the following:[1]
Commonwealth Employment
Manpower and training
Youth affairs
Re-instatement in civil employment of national servicemen, members of the Reserve Forces and members of the Citizen Forces
Industrial relations, including -
Conciliation and Arbitration in relation to industrial disputes
Promotion of sound industrial relations policies, practices and machinery
Co-ordination of Government policies on wages and labour costs
Monitoring of industrial disputes involving Commonwealth employees in departments and authorities
Chairmanship of the Co-ordination Committee on industrial relations in Commonwealth employment.
StructureEdit
The department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations.[1]
ReferencesEdit
^ abcdCA 3255: Department Employment and Industrial Relations [I], Central Office, Canberra, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 4 December 2013
^Fraser, Malcolm (7 May 1982). (Press release). Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
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