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Introduction to Employment & Industrial Relations Law
Postgraduate | GRF-LAW734 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
Grasp the key points of the Fair Work Act and gain an overview of employment law. Investigate enterprise agreements, unfair dismissals, unlawful discrimination, harassment in the workplace, disputes—and learn how to apply the relevant laws.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Introduction to Employment & Industrial Relations Law
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- identify the key provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and understand an overview of the employment law systems in Australian states
- negotiate, draft and seek approval of an enterprise agreement
- advise on unfair dismissals and general protection dismissals
- advise on methods of resolving disputes in the workplace other than by litigation
- advise on unlawful discrimination and harassment in the workplace
- apply the law on unlawful discrimination and harassment
- initiate and respond to an industrial claim.
- The employer-employee relationship
- Awards and agreements
- Unfair dismissals and disputes
- Unlawful discrimination and harassment
- Legal representation in industrial claim
This unit introduces students to a range of introductory legal issues concerning Employment and Industrial Relations Law in Australia. This unit considers the way legal regulation governs workplace relationships and conditions of employment. The unit content revolves around the fixing of employment conditions, rights and obligations through the federal regime via the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). This is not a comprehensive study of collective and individual labour law, but it will introduce students to a range of technical and academic materials and questions, informed by insights from industrial relations or employment law practice. Interrelationships with contract, constitutional and tort law are explored on the way. The unit will focus on Commonwealth government employment law, but will also give a brief overview of Australian state employment law systems.
- Enterprise agreement (35%)
- Letter of advice (30%)
- Industrial claim (35%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
GRF-LAW730-Introduction to Law & Legal Reasoning (no longer available)
GRF-LAW7300 (Not currently available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
GRF-LAW7304 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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