School of Law  
 
 
LAW-30068 Employment Law  
Co-ordinator: Mr Kelvin Johnstone    Room: CBC1.007, Tel:33219  
Teaching Team: Mrs Sindy  Fallon, Mr Mark  Davys, Mrs Sarah  Lane, Ms Margaret  Moyden, Miss Danielle  Beech, Prof Raymond  Cocks,  Michael  Jefferson  
Lecture Time: See Timetable...  
Level: 3 Credits: 15 Study Hours: 150  
School Office: Tel: 01782 733218
 
 
 
Programme/Approved Electives for
Law Dual Honours (Level 3)
Law Minor (Level 3)
Law Single Honours (Level 3)
Available as a Free Standing Elective
No
Barred Combinations
None
Prerequisites
Students selecting this module should have previously successfully completed both core Contract modules at Level 2, namely: Law 20006 'Contract' and Law 20011 'Contract, when things go wrong'.

Description

We look at the legal aspects of the employment relationship. If you have, say, a temporary job do you have a contract of employment? If you do have a contract of employment what rights does it give you? Can you sue for wrongful dismissal? Can you bring a claim for unfair dismissal? What, in law, is unfair dismissal? To what are you entitled if you have been dismissed unfairly? Beyond these issues, what is the role of the Equality Act, 2010 in the employment relationship? Against what forms of discrimination are employees protected? Unfair dismissal and discrimination issues take up the greater part of the course but we will also briefly consider the current impact of employment law on the role of trade unions. Throughout we reflect on the role of employment law in current political debates.
Aims
To provide an overview of the law applying to contracts of employment.
To assess the extent to which the law is influenced by changing social and economic policies.
To develop an awareness of the interplay of common law, statute and policy in (and the impact of EU law on) employment law.
Intended Learning Outcomes
communicate an accurate knowledge of the law relating to the rights and duties of employers, employees and trades unions will be achieved by assessments: 1 and 2
critically assess legislators' attempts to express social policy through statute will be achieved by assessments: 1 and 2
review domestic employment law in the wider context of EU work policies will be achieved by assessments: 1 and 2
analyse the law and policy surrounding contractual employment relationships . will be achieved by assessments: 1 and 2
Study hours
Lectures - 14 x 1 hour
Seminars - 4 x 2 hours
Seminar preparation 40 hours
Exam 2 hours
Exam preparation 60 hours
Private study 26 hours
Total = 150
Description of Module Assessment
01: Case Study weighted 20%
A short, 1500 word maximum, paper .
A short, 1500 word max. paper offering a considered critique of a reported case or section of a statute to be chosen from a list and completed in or about week 6.
02: 2 Hour Mixed Exam weighted 80%
Two hour exam with one seen and one unseen question.
Version: (1.05A) Created: 01/Oct/2013

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