Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have been introduced to common law and legislation which currently govern the management of staff; made aware that the law associated with this area is volatile and may change without warning necessitating constant alertness among managers to indicators from industry, peak industrial associations and parliamentary statements as to impending variations in the legal framework in which human resource management is conducted; trained to conduct their own research into legislative interpretation and relevant sources of employment and associated law.
Synopsis Introduction to the complex web of interlocking legal implications associated with key staff-management decisions and is interlinked with student knowledge of human resource management. This subject is particularly directed towards the areas of individual employer-employee relationship; contract of employment; wages-work bargain; recruitment law; termination law including unfair dismissals; mutuality of legal rights and obligations; employer-employee duties of care; health and safety law in the workplace; Robens Report implications; Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 (Vic); vicarious liability; industrial action; constitutional considerations and discrimination law.
Assessment Assignment (4000 words): 40% + Examination (3 hours): 60%