Offered
Gippsland First semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
Topics include introduction to the common law and legislation which controls the management of staff; instruction in the law affecting pre-contractual considerations for employment contracts, anti-discrimination law, selection, recruitment and termination of staff; workplace health and safety; industrial relations commissions and other legal fora, union relationships, industrial action; tortious liability of management; suspension and stand down.
Objectives
The learning goals associated with 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
Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%
Prohibitions
BTX9060
