The Ministry is also responsible for the work of advancing gender equality and human rights at national level.
Moreover, the Ministry is responsible for efforts to increase integration, combat segregation, racism and discrimination, and strengthen the rights of children and LGBT people.
The Minister for Employment and Integration, Johan Pehrson, is head of the Ministry.
The Ministry has an Office of the Director-General for Administrative Affairs, two secretariats and six divisions, which are led by non-politically appointed officials.
On 1 January 2007 the ministry was reinstituted after a decision by the new government that took office on 6 October 2006.