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LL4H8      Half Unit
Employment Law

This information is for the 2019/20 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Astrid Sanders

Availability

This course is available on the LLM (extended part-time), LLM (full-time), MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (Human Resource Management/CIPD), MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management), MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (Organisational Behaviour), MSc in Inequalities and Social Science, MSc in Law and Accounting and University of Pennsylvania Law School LLM Visiting Students. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is capped at 30 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳forYou.

Course content

Regulation of the content and the form of the employment relation. The contract of employment, including express and implied terms and the scope of employment law. Regulation of minimum wage and working time. Protection against discrimination in the workplace. Discipline and protection from dismissal and termination of employment. Business reorganisation and economic dismissals. Freedom of association and the right to strike. Privacy inside and outside of the workplace. The approach involves theoretical perspectives, economic analysis, comparative law of employment, and examination of relevant European law.

Teaching

20 hours of seminars in the MT.

There will be a reading week in Week 6.

Formative coursework

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT.

Indicative reading

Detailed syllabus of weekly readings will be available and the materials can all be accessed through Moodle. Hugh Collins, Employment Law, 2nd edn (Oxford University Press, 2010), Chapters 1-9.

Assessment

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the summer exam period.

Candidates are allowed to take an unannotated copy of a collection of statutory materials into the examination.

Key facts

Department: Law

Total students 2018/19: 21

Average class size 2018/19: 21

Controlled access 2018/19: No

Value: Half Unit