Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ACT 1978 No. 102 of 1978 - SECT 6

6. The functions of the Commonwealth Employment Service are-

   (a)  to assist persons seeking employment or a change of employment to
        obtain suitable positions having regard to any experience, abilities,
        training or qualifications they possess and to the economic and other
        needs of the Australian community and, in particular, without limiting
        the generality of the foregoing-

        (i)    to provide such persons with information relating to
               employment, including advice relating to the qualifications
               for, and other aspects of, particular occupations, and with
               vocational guidance; and

        (ii)   to make special arrangements and provide special facilities
               wherever necessary so to assist such persons who are immigrants
               or Aboriginals, who are young or handicapped, who have recently
               completed their education, who have professional or technical
               qualifications or who otherwise have special requirements or
               disadvantages in relation to employment;

   (b)  to assist employers and intended employers wishing to fill vacant
        positions of employment to fill them with available persons who are
        suitable for the performance of the duties of, and who meet the
        employer's or intended employer's requirements for, the positions;

   (c)  to promote and implement approved manpower programs and other measures
        designed to ensure a high level of employment in the community;

   (d)  to register persons who are unemployed and who wish to claim
        unemployment benefits under the Social Services Act 1947 and to
        provide assistance in seeking employment for persons claiming or
        receiving such benefits;

   (e)  to publish information in respect of the labour-market or the services
        relating to employment provided by the Service, or otherwise by the
        Commonwealth, or, with the consent of the relevant State, by a State;

   (f)  without derogating from the powers and functions of the Australian
        Bureau of Statistics, to collect statistics and other information
        relating to the labour-market; and

   (g)  to do anything incidental or conducive to the performance of any of
        the foregoing functions.