| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
200.309 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) understand and apply the general principles relating to the formation, contents and termination of the common law contract of employment; (2) understand the impact of the Australian Constitution on workplace law in Australia; and (3) understand and apply the legal principles relating to industrial law and associated topics such as occupational health and safety, workers' compensation and equal opportunity in employment. |
| Content |
This unit covers the law relating to workplace relations in Australia, both state and federal. Topics include the common law contract of employment; awards and workplace agreements; the constitutional framework; the role of unions and industrial action; the termination of employment; occupational health and safety law; workers' compensation law; and equal opportunity in employment law. |
| Assessment |
Students are required to participate in tutorials, complete a mid-semester assignment and undertake a final examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Natalie van der Waarden |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Incompatibility: (1) Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws are not permitted to enrol in this unit; (2) A student who completes this unit in the Bachelor of Economics or the Bachelor of Commerce is not permitted to take LAWS3360 Employment Law or LAWS3321 Workplace Relations Law in the Bachelor of Laws. |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week
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| Unit Outline | http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/students/outlines/buslaw |
| Unit web page |
http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/117285
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Texts | |
Stewart, A. Stewart's Guide to Employment Law: Federation Press 2008
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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