Tag: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Gig Guide: Workforce Australia exec departs after tech bungle

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Employment department first assistant secretary Melissa Ryan has vacated her role leading Workforce Australia for Individuals after a series of technology issues in recent months. A department spokesperson confirmed...

Dept fumbled messaging as jobseeker glitch slows reporting

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Employment department has conceded its automated messages telling jobseekers to work around a government tech issue or risk losing their payments was wrong and has updated the message....

Jobseekers ‘pay the price’ for latest govt tech bungle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Jobseekers are being asked to adjust their reporting to employment service providers to avoid a government tech glitch or risk losing their payments, shifting more burden onto vulnerable people....

Lessons from a Canberra tech project that worked

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is developing a new internal strategy that will see it focus on becoming a smarter buyer of tech services, after conceding too...

Accenture making the case for Australia’s skills passport

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The business case for a national skills “passport” is being developed by tech services giant Accenture, as the Albanese government warms to a concept proposed decades ago to inject...

Student debts waived after govt IT bungle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will waive $21 million in tertiary debt and overhaul IT systems after a tech bungle held nearly 20,000 students’ loans up for years in internal systems....