BTF2991

Employment law ( 6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Ms Carolyn Sutherland

Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Legal implications of staff-management decisions. Individual employer-employee relationship; contract of employment; wages-work bargain; recruitment law; discrimination law; termination law including unfair dismissals; mutuality of legal rights and obligations; health and safety law in the workplace; vicarious liability; industrial action and constitutional considerations.

Assessment: Assignment (3500 words): 40% + Examination (open book 3 hours): 60%

Contact Hours: 3 hours per week

Prerequisites: BTF1010 or PMM1010 for students undertaking the Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing