LAW370 Law of Employment (8)

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.

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Session 1
Distance	Albury-Wodonga Campus

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.

Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Accounting and Finance

Learning Outcomes

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.

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