Undergraduate - UnitBTW3241 - Employment law

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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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	Peninsula First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Anne O'Rourke

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.

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.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours, open-book): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Anne O'Rourke

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed BTG1200 or BTW1200 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

BTF2991, BTG3241, BTW2241