Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (1982–1987)

Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Department overview
Formed	7 May 1982
Preceding Department	Department of Industrial Relations (I); Department of Employment and Youth Affairs;
Dissolved	24 July 1987
Superseding agency	Department of Industrial Relations (II); Department of Employment, Education and Training;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Ian Macphee, Minister (1982–1983); Ralph Willis, Minister (1983–1987);
Department executives	Mike Codd, Secretary (1982–1983); Michael Keating, Secretary (1983–1986); Ed Visbord, Secretary (1986–1987);

The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations was an Australian government department that existed between May 1982 and July 1987. It was the second Australian Government Department to be given the name.

When announcing the new department in 1982, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser issued a press release stating that "the Government's policies in relation to maintaining high levels of employment and effective industrial relations, and the close links between these two areas require the Departments of Industrial Relations and Employment and Youth Affairs to be brought together again. The Department's were split during the formative stages of the employment and training programs."

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