Regulation of Employment Relationships

• • Skills of legal research, analysis writing
  • The evolution of Australian labour law
  • Nature of employment relationship
  • Contract of employment
  • Unfair dismissal
  • Occupational health and safety law
  • Discrimination law and the workplace
  • Role of Federal constitution
  • Collective instruments: awards & certified agreements
  • Individual agreements: Workplace Agreements
  • Unions and the law
  • Industrial action and the law
  • Conclusion

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-EMP-GCE-2020

Elective

• GRF-EMP-MAS-2020
• OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2020

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject was previously known as IRL120.

This subject examines the system of laws governing the employment relationship in Australia, the policy issues concerning the role of law in employment relations and introduces legal research methods, interpretation of case and statute law and legal writing. It provides you with an opportunity to learn about the system of laws which regulate individual and collective employment relationships in a way which will equip you with life-long skills necessary to find and understand the law in our rapidly changing legal environment.

• Assignment 1 (20%)
• Assignment 2 (40%)
• Non-Invigilated Exam (40%)

Current study term (12 Jul 20 to 09 Oct 20)