Subject description
An overview of the rights and duties of individual employers and employees under common law and selected legislation, including: the employment relationship; formation, content and termination of the contract of employment; implied duties of employers and employees; remedies at common law; statue-derived employment conditions; unfair dismissal legislation.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
LLB 330 - Law of Employment
LLB3330 - Law of Employment
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Lecturers
Tutors
Engagement hours
Contact hours:2 hour seminar per week
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Explain the general legal principles governing individual relations between employers and employees under both common law and selected statutory modifications;
2.
Evaluate the law of employment in terms of its context, interests, assumptions and limitations;
3.
Apply the principles of the law of employment to factual problems; and
4.
Analyse current issues in the law of employment and assess their significance.