LAWS6013 - Advanced Employment Law

Objectives

• Examine the regulation of the individual employment relationship.
• Focus in closer detail on the formation, construction and interpretation of employment contracts, duties of employers and employees in contract.
• Study termination of employment contracts (including as a consequence of the employer’s insolvency), and rights and remedies on termination, including procedural requirements under federal unfair and unlawful dismissal laws.

Content

Contract and labour law; implied terms; employer and employee duties; statutes permitting courts to change the terms of employment contracts; employee references; intersection between employment and insolvency law; impact of technology on the modern workplace; restrictive covenants, breach of confidence; specific performance, interim injunctions for reinstatement.

Session

Semester 1 Intensive
Introduction: 15 April (6-8pm) 2009 & 8,9 & 22 May (9am-5pm) 2009

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

• Class Participation (20%)
• 1 x 6,000 Word Research Paper (80%) or 2 x 3000 Word Problem Assignments (40% each)

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Labour Law and Relations