LAWS6024
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Employment Law deals with the law governing the formation, content and termination of employment relationships. The complex integration of the body of federal and state statutes, industrial instruments and the common law contract of employment which regulate paid work relationships will be examined.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Newcastle City Precinct
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate specialised advanced and integrated knowledge and understanding of the complex body of law which governs the employment relationship;
2. Critically examine the policies which underpin this body of law;
3. Demonstrate specialised cognitive and technical skills to understand the evolving nature of employment law;
4. Apply the knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, expert judgment, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner in further developing the capacity to apply rules of law.
Content
The topics to be covered are:
- Introduction to Employment Law in Australia
- The constitutional framework
- Distinguishing employment contracts from other legal arrangements for getting work done
- Overview of sources of law for determining employment rights and obligations
- Minimum statutory entitlements
- Awards
- Enterprise agreements
- Remuneration and leave
- Loyalty, conrtol, performance managment and discipline
- Unfair work practices
- Enforcement of obligations and dispute relolution
- Termination of emplyoment contracts
- Unlawful and unfair dismissal
Requisite
Students must be active in one of the following programs to enrol in this course:
- Master of Human Resource Law [40140]
- Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (JD) [12334]
- Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12340]
- Bachelor of Social Science / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12341]
- Bachelor of Communication / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12342]
- Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice / Bachelor of Laws(Honours) [12343]
- Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12346]
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Diploma of Legal Practice [12347]
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [12348]
- Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40036]
- Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40037]
- Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40129]
- Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40130]
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40150]
- Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40188]
- Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40189]
- Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) [40272].
- Juris Doctor [50016]
Assumed knowledge
LAWS6000 Legal System and Method I, and LAWS6001 Legal System and Method II
LAWS6002A Torts Part A, or LAWS6120 Torts I
LAWS6002B Torts Part B, or LAWS6121 Torts II
LAWS6003A & LAWS6003B Criminal Law & Procedure Part A & B, or LAWS6130 Criminal Law & Procedure
LAWS6004A Contracts Part A, or LAWS6140 Contracts I
LAWS6004B Contracts Part B, or LAWS6141 Contracts II
LAWS6005 Property
Assessment items
Report: Research Assignment
Written Assignment: Problem Question
Formal Examination: Time-based problem questions and short answers
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct
Online Activity-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Seminar-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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