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BX3118 - Employment, Workplace and Industrial Relations Law
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2021 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
4 |
Administered by: |
College of Business, Law & Governance |
This course covers the main elements of employment and labour law, key issues and
emerging questions. In particular, the course deals with: Common law employment contract;
restraint of trade; duties of good faith of employers and employees; enterprise bargaining;
National Employment Standards and the No Disadvantage Test; Industrial Relations Commission
and The Australian Fair Pay Commission; Trade Union Law (freedom of association and
strikes); unfair dismissal; the Constitutional challenge into work choices; and the
new employment reforms aligned with co-operative federalism and Fair Work Australia.
Learning Outcomes
- research and critically analyse information from appropriate diverse sources;
- communicate and apply stature and common law to fact situations;
- investigate and describe how changes in the law impact on the workplace;
- differentiate law from politics.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (60%) - Individual
- Oral > Presentation 1 - (10%) - Individual
- Written > Research report - (30%) - Individual.
Prerequisites: |
BU1112 OR BU2111 OR BU1812 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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LA4020 |
Availabilities
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Cairns,
Study Period 1,
Internal
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Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Coordinator: |
Assoc. Professor Louise Floyd |
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Townsville,
Study Period 1,
Internal
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Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Coord/Lect: |
Assoc. Professor Louise Floyd. |
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Study Period 1,
External
|
Census Date 25-Mar-2021 |
Coordinator: |
Assoc. Professor Louise Floyd |
Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCU |
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of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
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