LAW370 Law of Employment (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The subject is designed to allow students to learn and apply laws relating to the individual employment relationship and discrimination and occupational health and safety issues.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LAW370
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to explain the relationship of employer to employee and its significance in law, and to distinguish this relationship from other legal relationships;
- be able to formulate contracts of employment;
- be able to nominate and describe attributes of the performance of a contract of employment;
- be able to describe and evaluate implied duties of employers and employees;
- be able to formulate, apply and describe how contracts of employment are terminated;
- be able to describe and apply the procedure for obtaining injunctions and declarations;
- be able to describe and apply reinstatement from a federal and state perspective;
- be able to describe remedies available under the law of employment;
- be able to describe the rights of third parties under contracts of employment;
- be able to analyse and evaluate the constitutional and legislative framework of discrimination in employment;
- be able to explain the remedies and defences to discrimination in employment;
- be able to analyse the concept of affirmative action;
- be able to analyse and describe the law relating to occupational health and safety.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- employer/employee relationship;
- other relationships;
- contract of employment;
- implied duties of employers and employees;
- contract of service performance;
- contract of employment termination - dismissal and reinstatement;
- remedies - injunctions, declarations, damages;
- discrimination legislation and its ramifications for employment with regard to the constitution and other legislation;
- occupational Health and Safety legislation and its relevance to labour law.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.