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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Law : Law

730-432 Health and Safety at Work

Credit Points:

10

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor R Johnstone

Prerequisite/s:

History and Philosophy of Law; Torts and the Process of Law. It would be advantageous for students to have studied, or be studying, Principles of Labour Law.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

2 hours per week

Subject Description:

The subject will cover the following topics: the range of workplace hazards facing workers, the cost of workplace illness and injury, methods to control workplace hazards; a history of OHS and workers compensation legislation in Australia; institutions developing OHS standards in Australia; the OHS standards in Australian OHS legislation; enforcement of OHS legislation by the OHS inspectorates and the Director of Public Prosecutions; workplace arrangements under the Australian OHS legislation; workers compensation in Australia; the rehabilitation of injured workers; the future of OHS regulation in Australia and the rest of the world.

Assessment:

(1) 1000 to 1500 word class paper worth (10%) of the final work: report on field work to be written up and submitted four weeks after 20 minute presentation to the class. (2) Research Essay to 2500-3000 words worth (45%) of the final mark, to be submitted in the final week of the semester. The research essay can build on a students class paper. (3) 1 1/2 Final Examination worth (45%) of the final mark.

Prescribed Texts:

  • R Johnstone, Australian Workplace Health and Safety Law, Law Book Company, Sydney, 1997.
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