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Commonwealth Employment Service
The Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) was an Australian Government employment agency that was established in 1946 with the introduction of the Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945 under the Curtin ALP government. It was designed to identify labour shortages, and solve them through supplying labour. It also conducted a "work test" of welfare recipients, to prove their willingness (and ability) to work.
Returned soldiers whose disabilities caused them difficulty finding employment were further assisted by the federal government's Vocational Training Scheme for Invalid Pensioners (which had started in 1941). In 1948, this became the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (CRS). Over time the CRS came to help disabled Australians from any background to enter employment.
The CES continued to exist under the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations according to the provisions of the Commonwealth Employment Service Act 1978. In 1987 the department became Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET).
On 1 July 1991, the "Newstart Allowance" replaced the Unemployment Benefit (UB) which had been unchanged since 1945. It was part of a government reform called Newstart - the Active Employment Strategy.
The ALP government of Paul Keating released the "Restoring Full Employment" and "Working Nation" white papers in 1994. They collectively envisioned providing increased personalised services for the long-term unemployed while also increasing penalties for government welfare recipients who avoided work - improving the "reciprocal obligation" between government and unemployed citizens. This was known as the "Job Compact". People employed for 18 months or more were guaranteed six months employment (usually with a private company, assisted by a wage subsidy), or training.
"Working Nation" was largely enacted through the Employment Services Act 1994. This established the "Employment Service Regulatory Agency" (ESRA), which according to Working Nation was to "promote the development of community and private sector case managers and to ensure fair competition between the CES and other agencies."
Working Nation called for "a major strengthening of the CES so that it is responsive and effective in a strengthening market and can play a key role in the delivery of the Job Compact and the Youth Training Initiative". The new act created "Employment Assistance Australia" (EAA) which was created separate to the CES as a federal government body to deliver employment services in the market ESRA managed.
In 1996, a new federal Liberal government under John Howard was elected with a commitment to the Keating structural reforms. Shortly after, the department the CES was in became known as the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA).
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Commonwealth Employment Service
The Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) was an Australian Government employment agency that was established in 1946 with the introduction of the Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945 under the Curtin ALP government. It was designed to identify labour shortages, and solve them through supplying labour. It also conducted a "work test" of welfare recipients, to prove their willingness (and ability) to work.
Returned soldiers whose disabilities caused them difficulty finding employment were further assisted by the federal government's Vocational Training Scheme for Invalid Pensioners (which had started in 1941). In 1948, this became the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (CRS). Over time the CRS came to help disabled Australians from any background to enter employment.
The CES continued to exist under the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations according to the provisions of the Commonwealth Employment Service Act 1978. In 1987 the department became Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET).
On 1 July 1991, the "Newstart Allowance" replaced the Unemployment Benefit (UB) which had been unchanged since 1945. It was part of a government reform called Newstart - the Active Employment Strategy.
The ALP government of Paul Keating released the "Restoring Full Employment" and "Working Nation" white papers in 1994. They collectively envisioned providing increased personalised services for the long-term unemployed while also increasing penalties for government welfare recipients who avoided work - improving the "reciprocal obligation" between government and unemployed citizens. This was known as the "Job Compact". People employed for 18 months or more were guaranteed six months employment (usually with a private company, assisted by a wage subsidy), or training.
"Working Nation" was largely enacted through the Employment Services Act 1994. This established the "Employment Service Regulatory Agency" (ESRA), which according to Working Nation was to "promote the development of community and private sector case managers and to ensure fair competition between the CES and other agencies."
Working Nation called for "a major strengthening of the CES so that it is responsive and effective in a strengthening market and can play a key role in the delivery of the Job Compact and the Youth Training Initiative". The new act created "Employment Assistance Australia" (EAA) which was created separate to the CES as a federal government body to deliver employment services in the market ESRA managed.
In 1996, a new federal Liberal government under John Howard was elected with a commitment to the Keating structural reforms. Shortly after, the department the CES was in became known as the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA).