MLL342 - Workplace Law

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Rebecca Tisdale
Cohort rule:

For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only

Prerequisite:

Students must have passed MLP219

Note: Students who have commenced before Trimester 1 2022, and have successfully completed MLL111, are not required to complete MLP219

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

MLC309

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week 

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week 

Content

The unit aims to equip students to navigate the broad range of laws relating to work relationships in Australian law. The unit considers common law and legislation on both state and federal levels. The syllabus includes reasons for and means of regulating the work relationship; distinguishing the employment relationship at common law; the formation and contents of the contract of employment, including employer and employee duties; occupational health and safety and workers' compensation; rights and obligations on termination of employment; employment discrimination; the constitutional bases for federal employment legislation; the federal industrial relations system; the regulation of unions; and rights and obligations regarding industrial action.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

To be able to confidently read and understand a piece of legislation and be able to apply the correct provisions to an unfamiliar fact problem and provide a reasoned argument.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

To understand the content of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) and be able to apply the correct provisions to an unfamiliar fact scenario.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

To be able to competently write a case note.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

To critically evaluate the fundamental principles which underpin the laws relating to the workplace.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Case analysis 2000 words 40% Week 6
End-of-unit assessment task: Written 2000 words 60% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MLL342 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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