Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2001–2007)
{{Short description|Australian government department, 2001–2007}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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|preceding1 = Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
|superseding = Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia
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| chief1_name = Peter Boxall
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| headquarters = Canberra
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The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (also called DEWR) was an Australian government department that existed between November 2001 and December 2007.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and 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 made on 26 November 2001, the department dealt with:{{citation|url=http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_2001_26_Nov_tcm16-45264.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements Order issued 26 November 2001|date=26 November 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427220016/http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/AAO_2001_26_Nov_tcm16-45264.pdf|archivedate=27 April 2013|publisher=National Archives of Australia}}
- 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. The Secretary of the Department was Peter Boxall.{{citation|url=http://epress.anu.edu.au/anzsog/dept_heads/mobile_devices/ch14.html|chapter=Chapter 14: The Unabashed Rationalist – Peter Boxall, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations|title=
Australian Department Heads Under Howard: Career Paths and Practice (Collected articles from the Canberra Times)|first=Paul|last=Malone|isbn=1 920942 83 1|date=November 2006|publisher=ANU E Press and ANZSOG|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928163209/http://epress.anu.edu.au/anzsog/dept_heads/mobile_devices/ch14.html|archivedate=28 September 2013}}