Snapshot 06-07
Maximise workforce participation opportunities for those disengaged or under-engaged in the labour market
Safe and healthy work environments
Electrically safe homes, workplaces and other environments
A fair and equitable industrial relations system
Organisational sustainability
Maximise workforce participation opportunities for those disengaged or under-engaged in the labour market
More than 175,615 disadvantaged jobseekers assisted
This year the Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative, provided funding to assist 21,423 jobseekers. Under Breaking the Unemployment Cycle, from October 1998 to 30 June 2007, 175,615 disadvantaged jobseekers were assisted.
Experience Pays
The Experience Pays Awareness Strategy was launched and supported by a state-wide mass media advertising campaign.
First Start program for young and disadvantaged jobseekers
The First Start program to support entry-level training for young and disadvantaged jobseekers with little or no work experience allocated 1,900 additional traineeship places through a budget of $22.8 million.
Safe and healthy work environments
Great national consistency for workplace health and safety and workers’ compensation
Queensland is cooperating with other state and territory jurisdictions to drive development of nationally consistent standards, codes and guidance material through the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
Strong focus on communication, education and information
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland continued to use a range of communication to promote improved workplace health and safety outcomes. This included extensive use of internet and telephone advisory services, advertising and publicity, newsletters and other printed material, seminars and workplace visits.
More than 25,000 workplace visits by WHS Inspectors
This year inspectors conducted 25,741 workplace visits and issued 17,603 notices.
Electrically safe homes, workplaces and other environments
Improving electrical safety in Queensland
Queensland’s five year moving average of electrical fatalities per million population has declined to 1.01 – lower than the Australian average rate.
Regulatory changes
Amendments to the Electrical Safety Regulation 2002 will commence on 1 July 2007. The four electrical codes of practice called up in electrical safety legislation are being reviewed.
Improving the community’s knowledge about electrical safety
ESO informs electrical workers and the wider community about electrical safety through telephone and internet services, seminars, industry newsletters and mass media advertising campaigns. Approximately 270,000 clients accessed information and advisory services in 2006-07.
More than 1,400 notices issued by electrical safety inspectors
Electrical safety inspectors issued a total of 1,458 notices including 1,005 improvement notices, 250 electrical safety protection notices, 7 unsafe equipment notices and 196 infringement notices.
A fair and equitable industrial relations system
Lowest levels of industrial disputation in decades
The Queensland industrial relations system has helped ensure the lowest levels of industrial disputation in decades. Queensland's average quarterly strike rate for the 12 months ending 30 June 2007 was 2.5 working days lost per 1,000 employees.
Regulatory amendments to protect children and respond to Work Choices changes
The Child Employment Regulation 2006 was amended to regulate working conditions for children in the entertainment industry; and other amendments to respond to the impact of the federal government’s Work Choices reforms.
More than $6 million in unpaid wages
IR inspectors finalised 3,717 wage investigations and 5,383 general audits. As a result, $6.05 million in unpaid wages was adjusted on behalf of employees.
A fair, safe and productive public sector work environment
Public sector wage bargaining
A total of 26 agreements were finalised. The department is currently reviewing the public sector wages policy in preparation for the next round of bargaining that is scheduled to commence in 2008.
Organisational sustainability
Financial resources
The department expended a total of $191.54M to deliver services.
Effective governance framework
DEIR’s corporate governance systems direct, manage and control the organisation’s business to ensure the department delivers it outputs efficiently, effectively and sustainably.
Workforce
DEIR employs over 1000 staff (full time equivalents). DEIR is a diverse workplace where staff access a wide range of learning and development programs and are supported with flexible work practices to assist them to balance work and life.
Last updated 21 July 2009
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