Subjects 2009
Employment Law (formerly Regulating Individual Work Relationships) 730831
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations Law 188; Master of Labour Relations Law 510; Master of Laws (LLM) 502
Objectives
A student who has successfully completed this subject should:
- Be able to apply, at an advanced level, the legal principles of Australian employment law in problem-solving exercises
- Be able to analyse emerging and contemporary issues in Australian employment law and scholarship
- Be able to evaluate technical aspects of Australian employment law using historical, theoretical and practical perspectives
- Demonstrate an understanding of the development of Australian employment law in an international context.
Syllabus
Principal topics will include:
- The scope of employment regulation: Which work relationships are covered?
- The regulation of independent contracting
- The content of the employment contract: Express terms
- The content of the employment contract: Implied terms
- Employment, the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) and estoppel
- Variation and flexibility in the employment contract
- Termination at common law
- The relationship between contracts, awards and agreements
- Statutory remedies for termination of employment.
