Department of Jobs and Small Business (Australia)

Department of Jobs and Small Business
Department overview
Formed	20 December 2017
Preceding Department	Department of Employment;
Dissolved	29 May 2019
Superseding agencies	Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (Employment); Attorney-General's Department (Industrial Relations);
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Annual budget	$1.951 billion (2014-15)[1]
Minister responsible	Kelly O'Dwyer, ; Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations;
Department executive	Kerri Hartland, Secretary;
Website	www.employment.gov.au

The Australian Department of Jobs and Small Business was a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for employment, job services and the labour market, workplace relations, small business, and deregulation. The Department was established on the 20 December 2017 and was part of the larger Jobs and Innovation portfolio which also includes the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science which reported to the Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, The Hon. Kelly O'Dwyer MP. The final head of the department was the Secretary of the Department of Jobs and Small Business, Kerri Hartland.

On 29 May 2019, the Employment and Industrial Relations portfolios were split, with responsibility for Industrial Relations transferring to the Attorney-General's Department and reporting to the Australian Attorney-General, the Hon. Christian Porter MP, and the employment portfolio becoming the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, under Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash.[2]

History

The department was formed by way of an Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 20 December 2017[3] and replaced the functions previously performed by the Department of Employment which was formed in 2013.

Preceding departments

Department of Labor and Immigration (12 June 1974 – 22 December 1975)
Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (22 December 1975 – 5 December 1978)
Department of Employment and Youth Affairs (5 December 1978 – 7 May 1982)
Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (7 May 1982 – 24 July 1987)
Department of Employment, Education and Training (24 July 1987 – 11 March 1996)
Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (11 March 1996 – 21 October 1998)
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001)
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (26 November 2001 – 3 December 2007)
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013)
Department of Employment (18 September 2013 - 20 December 2017)

Operational activities

The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters:[3]

Employment policy, including employment services
Job Services Australia
Labour market programs for people of working age
Workplace relations policy development, advocacy and implementation
Promotion of flexible workplace relations policies and practices, including workplace productivity
Co-ordination of labour market research
Occupational health and safety, rehabilitation and compensation
Equal employment opportunity
Work and family programs
Reducing the burden of government regulation
Small business policy and programmes

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References

http://annualreport2015.employment.gov.au/financial-statements
"Administrative Order Arrangements" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
"Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

External links

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[1] ttp://annualreport2015.employment.gov.au/financial-statements

[AAO-2] "Administrative Order Arrangements" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[AAO_Dec_2017-3] "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commonwealth of Australia. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.