Risk control and the law
Mr Lyall Phillips
3 hours per week * First, second semester * Caulfield, Distance, In-house * Prerequisite: Special selection criteria applies
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have an alertness to the ever changing demands of occupational health and safety-related law and to the consequent risks to be faced by management; the manner in which the courts and other legal forums balance factors in deciding whether fundamental duties of care owed by employer and employee have been breached by either party.
Synopsis An introduction to the concept of physical control of risk; its applicability in risk management within the framework of the law.
Assessment Three minor assignments (3 x 1000 words): 10% each * Major assignment (4000 words): 40% * Final examination (3 hours): 30%
Prescribed texts
Brooks A Occupational health and safety law in Australia 4th edn, CCH, 1993