Undergraduate - UnitBTW3241 - Employment law

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Not offered in 2015
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%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Anne O'Rourke

Prerequisites

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

Prohibitions

BTF2991, BTG3241, BTW2241