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