BTG9241 - Employment law

Leader(s): Ms Anne O'Rourke

Offered

Gippsland First semester 2009 (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 (3 hours): 60%

Prohibitions

BTX5060, BTX9060