732-304 Labour Law

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Objectives:

At the end of this course students should:

• demonstrate an appreciation of the industrial, economic and social contexts in which labour is regulated;

• demonstrate an understanding of the significance and content of the contract of employment and its relationship to industrial awards and workplace agreements;

• demonstrate an understanding of federal and Victorian anti- discrimination law and the law regulating occupational health and safety;

• describe the role of the Australian Constitution in the federal system of industrial relations;

• demonstrate an understanding of the operation of the federal system of conciliation and arbitration, the nature and significance of awards, the legal regulation of workplace agreements and the provision of minimum terms under the federal industrial legislation;

• demonstrate an understanding of the role of law in regulating industrial conflict;

• demonstrate an understanding of the legal regulation of trade unions;

• demonstrate the skills required in applying legal rules and principles to factual situations in problem solving exercises.

Content:

A study of the law in an industrial relations and human resource management context: with topics including: the contract of employment including rights and obligations of employers and employees; anti-discrimination and occupational health and safety legislation; the constitutional bases of the federal system of industrial relations; the structure of the federal system of industrial relations; federal regulation of work conditions; the regulation of industrial action; and the regulation of trade unions.

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A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the subject.