BX3118 - Employment, Workplace and Industrial Relations Law

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
• Participation > Class participation - (10%) - Individual
• Written > Research report - (30%) - Individual.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.