Employment
| Agency |
Outcome |
Description |
| Department of Employment |
1 |
Foster a productive and competitive labour market through employment policies and programmes that assist job seekers into work, meet employer needs and increase Australia's workforce participation. |
| Department of Employment |
2 |
Facilitate jobs growth through policies that promote fair, productive and safe workplaces. |
| Comcare |
1 |
The protection of the health, safety and welfare at work of workers covered by the Comcare scheme through education, assurance and enforcement. |
| Comcare |
2 |
An early and safe return to work and access to compensation for injured workers covered by the Comcare scheme through working in partnership with employers to create best practice in rehabilitation and quick and accurate management of workers' compensation claims. |
| Comcare |
3 |
Access to compensation for people with asbestos‑related diseases where the Commonwealth has a liability through management of claims. |
| Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency |
1 |
Assist in the prevention of exposure to asbestos fibres and the elimination of asbestos‑related disease in Australia through implementing the National Strategic Plan for Asbestos Awareness and Management in Australia. |
| Fair Work Commission |
1 |
Simple, fair and flexible workplace relations for employees and employers through the exercise of powers to set and vary minimum wages and modern awards, facilitate collective bargaining, approve agreements and deal with disputes. |
| Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate |
1 |
Enforce workplace relations laws in the building and construction industry and ensure compliance with those laws by all participants in the building and construction industry through the provision of education, assistance and advice. |
| Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman |
1 |
Compliance with workplace relations legislation by employees and employers through advice, education and where necessary enforcement. |
| Safe Work Australia |
1 |
Healthier, safer and more productive workplaces through improvements to Australian work health and safety and workers' compensation arrangements. |
| Workplace Gender Equality Agency |
1 |
Promote and improve gender equality in Australian workplaces including through the provision of advice and assistance to employers and the assessment and measurement of workplace gender data. |
| Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority |
1 |
Safe and healthy workplaces, and cost effective and fair compensation. |
