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On 1 December 1978, the Dept. of Employment and Industrial Relations became the Dept. of Employment and Youth Affairs and the Dept. of Industrial Relations. In May 1982 the Dept. of Industrial Relations merged with the Dept. of Employment and Youth Affairs to become the Dept. of Employment and Industrial Relations. In July 1987 the functions of the Department were split between the Dept. of Industrial Relations and the Dept. of Employment, Education and Training. The newly re-formed Dept. of Industrial Relations also absorbed some of the functions of the Dept. of the Special Minister of State. In July 1997 the Dept. of Industrial Relations changed its name to the Dept. of Workplace Relations and Small Business. Works by these bodies are entered under the name used at the time of publication