Undergraduate - UnitBTF2991 - Employment law

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Christopher Arup

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.

Outcomes

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.