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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations MPS ActGGS℗

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Aliases

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS

THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS

Link

https://www.dewr.gov.au/

Portfolio

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS

Governance Characteristics

Type of Body

Non-corporate Commonwealth entity

Accountable authority

Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Lead Body

Yes

Institutional sector classification

General Government Sector - (GGS)

Employment instruments

Public Service Act 1999

Establishing instruments

Administrative Arrangements Orders

Annual Report Requirements

Additional annual report requirement in establishing legislation

No

Corporate Plan Requirements

Section 35 of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Section 35(3) of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Current Budget Characteristics

Outcome #1: Foster a productive and competitive labour market through policies and programs that assist job seekers into work, including secure work, and meet employer and industry needs

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 1.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Employment Services The Employment Services system has the following key objectives: to help job seekers find and keep a job; deliver high quality and efficient employment services; and to support target groups to improve their work readiness and find employment

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 1.1	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade supports Australia's development priorities and provides advocacy and coordination at overseas missions.
1.3	Department of Social Services 1.3	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 1 by providing support to job seekers while they are unable to work or while they find work and by providing support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. This includes: * building the capacity of the community to create opportunities for people with disability to contribute to community prosperity and participate in community life, with initiatives that create pathways to employment and drive more inclusive practices by employers through the Information Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation program * activities that build foundation skills and work expectations of people with disability as well as activities that increase the capacity of employers and workplaces to be more inclusive * social security payment arrangements that enable job seekers to take up work * strengthening incentives for pensioners over Age Pension age to work if they are able to and wish to do so. DSS contributes to Outcome 1 by leading the implementation of Australiaâ€™s Disability Strategy 2021â€“2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
1.6	Department of Social Services 1.6	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 1 by providing support to job seekers while they are unable to work or while they find work and by providing support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. This includes: * building the capacity of the community to create opportunities for people with disability to contribute to community prosperity and participate in community life, with initiatives that create pathways to employment and drive more inclusive practices by employers through the Information Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation program * activities that build foundation skills and work expectations of people with disability as well as activities that increase the capacity of employers and workplaces to be more inclusive * social security payment arrangements that enable job seekers to take up work * strengthening incentives for pensioners over Age Pension age to work if they are able to and wish to do so. DSS contributes to Outcome 1 by leading the implementation of Australiaâ€™s Disability Strategy 2021â€“2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
3.1	Department of Social Services 3.1	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 1 by providing support to job seekers while they are unable to work or while they find work and by providing support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. This includes: * building the capacity of the community to create opportunities for people with disability to contribute to community prosperity and participate in community life, with initiatives that create pathways to employment and drive more inclusive practices by employers through the Information Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation program * activities that build foundation skills and work expectations of people with disability as well as activities that increase the capacity of employers and workplaces to be more inclusive * social security payment arrangements that enable job seekers to take up work * strengthening incentives for pensioners over Age Pension age to work if they are able to and wish to do so. DSS contributes to Outcome 1 by leading the implementation of Australiaâ€™s Disability Strategy 2021â€“2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
3.2	Department of Social Services 3.2	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 1 by providing support to job seekers while they are unable to work or while they find work and by providing support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. This includes: * building the capacity of the community to create opportunities for people with disability to contribute to community prosperity and participate in community life, with initiatives that create pathways to employment and drive more inclusive practices by employers through the Information Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation program * activities that build foundation skills and work expectations of people with disability as well as activities that increase the capacity of employers and workplaces to be more inclusive * social security payment arrangements that enable job seekers to take up work * strengthening incentives for pensioners over Age Pension age to work if they are able to and wish to do so. DSS contributes to Outcome 1 by leading the implementation of Australiaâ€™s Disability Strategy 2021â€“2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
1.1	Services Australia 1.1	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 1 by making payments on behalf of the department.
1.2	Services Australia 1.2	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 1 by making payments on behalf of the department.
1.3	Services Australia 1.3	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 1 by making payments on behalf of the department.

Outcome #2: Promote growth in economic productivity and social wellbeing through access to quality skills and training.

#	Program	Body	Contribution
2.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 2.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Building Skills and Capability The Australian Government is working to create an effective and efficient skills and training system that is industry-led and delivers the skills Australian employers need. Building skills and capabilities is central to Australia's economic growth, competitiveness, and business productivity. The national training system provides employees or potential employees with the skills and capabilities required for a job or pathway into a job
2.2	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 2.2	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	VET Student Loans The program aims to remove the up-front cost barriers to training to increase access and participationThis is achieved through the provision of income-contingent loans for students undertaking certain higher level vocational education and training (VET) courses
2.3	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 2.3	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

#	Program	Body	Contribution
2.2	Department of Home Affairs 2.2	Department of Home Affairs	The Department of Home Affairs contributes to Outcome 2 by supporting a sustainable international education sector through administering student visas.
1.7	Department of Social Services 1.7	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 2 by providing financial support to individuals and families to undertake further education and training. This includes enhancing educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students by increasing their access and participation in further education. DSS also provides support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. DSS contributes to Outcome 2 by leading the implementation of Australia's Disability Strategy 2021–2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
3.1	Department of Social Services 3.1	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 2 by providing financial support to individuals and families to undertake further education and training. This includes enhancing educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students by increasing their access and participation in further education. DSS also provides support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. DSS contributes to Outcome 2 by leading the implementation of Australia's Disability Strategy 2021–2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
3.2	Department of Social Services 3.2	Department of Social Services	The Department of Social Services (DSS) contributes to Outcome 2 by providing financial support to individuals and families to undertake further education and training. This includes enhancing educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students by increasing their access and participation in further education. DSS also provides support to people with disability, their family and carers to build their knowledge, skills and confidence to participate in social and economic life. DSS contributes to Outcome 2 by leading the implementation of Australia's Disability Strategy 2021–2031, which includes ensuring people with disability have economic security, enabling them to plan for the future, and exercise choice and control over their lives.
1.4	Department of the Treasury 1.4	Department of the Treasury	The Department of the Treasury contributes to Outcome 2 by making National Partnership Payments to the states.
1.1	Services Australia 1.1	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 2 by making payments to eligible job seekers participating in foundation skills programs.
1.2	Services Australia 1.2	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 2 by making payments to eligible job seekers participating in foundation skills programs.
1.3	Services Australia 1.3	Services Australia	Services Australia contributes to Outcome 2 by making payments to eligible job seekers participating in foundation skills programs.

Outcome #3: Facilitate jobs growth, including secure work through policies and programs that promote fair, productive and safe workplaces

#	Program	Body	Contribution
3.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations 3.1	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Workplace Support This program contributes to the outcome through: * the promotion of fair workplaces by ensuring the protection of employee entitlements in certain circumstances* ensuring the efficient operation of the workplace relations system through initiatives designed to encourage employers and employees to adopt fair, productive, flexible and safe workplace relations
3.2	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Program 3.2	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Workers' Compensation Payments This program contributes to the outcome by managing the Comcare Workers' Compensation Scheme

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Australian Bureau of Statistics Program 1.1	Australian Bureau of Statistics	The Australian Bureau of Statistics contributes to Outcome 3 by providing enhanced industrial relations data to support policies and programs that promote fair, productive and safe workplaces.

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Employment Arrangements
Key	Description
PS Act	Officials are taken to be employed under Public Service Act 1999.
^	Entities that do not engage staff under the PS Act.
#	Entities can engage officials under enabling legislation as well as PS Act. These include Defence entities under the Defence Act 1903.
▲	Has officials employed under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.

Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Classification
Key	Description
GGS	General Government Sector (GGS) - All Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies are part of the GGS unless stipulated by a GFS classification below.
F	Public Financial Corporation
T	Public Non-financial Corporation (Trading)

Definitions
Key	Description
Listed Entities	A listed entity is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity prescribed by an Act or the PGPA Rule. All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are “listed entities” except for Departments of State and Parliamentary Departments.

Government Requirements
Key	Description
℗	Subject to the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs). All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are subject to the CPRs.
X	Entities that are exempt, or partially exempt, from government policy orders (section 22 of the PGPA Act).

Governance Structure or Characteristics
Key	Description
B	Prescribed as Government Business Enterprises under the PGPA Rule.
E	Executive Agency, through an Order made by the Governor General, under subsection 65(1) of the Public Service Act 1999
HC	The Attorney-General’s portfolio includes the High Court of Australia, which is part of the Commonwealth, is an “agency” named in the annual Appropriation Acts and is in the “General Government Sector”. However, it is not a Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act, due to its status under its enabling legislation, which also sets its employment framework.
I	Inter-jurisdictional entities in nature (interacts with State, Territory or foreign governments)
M	Material entities and companies (comprising 99% of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the total General Government Sector). All Departments of State are considered material in nature.
R	Corporate Commonwealth entities established by regulation under an Act and/or by a rule under the PGPA Act.
*	3 entities have a body corporate status but are prescribed as noncorporate Commonwealth entities

Type of Body
Key	Description
	Non-corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is not a body corporate.*
	Corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is a body corporate.*
	A Commonwealth company is a Corporations Act 2001 company that the Commonwealth controls.

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