BTW3241 - Employment law

Leader: Ms Anne O'Rourke

Offered

Gippsland First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Peninsula First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Legal implications of staff management decisions; individual employer-employee relationship; contract of employment; termination law including unfair dismissals; health and safety law in the workplace; vicarious liability agreements; awards and industrial action; constitutional considerations and discrimination law.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• extend their knowledge and comprehension of the legal framework governing workplace relations in Australia;
• evaluate the principles underlying employment laws and assess the law?s impact on the employment relationship;
• demonstrate a working knowledge of employment law issues through the application of legal principles to a range of hypothetical scenarios;
• identify and analyse current issues involving legal regulation of the workplace.

Assessment

Assignment (3500 words): 40%
Examination (3 hour, open book): 60%

Contact hours

3 class hours per week

Prerequisites

BTW1200 or equivalent