Undergraduate - UnitBTW3241 - 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
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2013 (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: 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