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LS3028: EMPLOYMENT LAW (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:36


Course Overview

This is a comprehensive introduction to Employment law in the United Kingdom.  Students will examine the myriad of individual rights which have been created by successive governments and supplemented largely by laws from the European Union.   The course will be delivered by a series of 2 hour lectures and online formative assessment.  Each lecture will be recorded and a podcast will be available.   Assessment is by way of one essay and a 2 hour exam.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Christine McCrossan

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will contain a coverage of: the function, jurisdiction and procedures of the employment tribunal; the legal nature and key elements of the contract of employment; terms and conditions of employment including the extent to which restrictive terms may be enforced; wrongful dismissal; unfair dismissal; the law of discrimination and parents' rights; the protection of workers upon a Transfer of Undertakings: the role of the trade union (including collective bargaining and industrial action).

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 piece of written coursework (1,500-word essay counting for 25% of the assessment); 1 two-hour examination (75%).

Resit: The previous piece of written coursework will count towards 25% of the final grade unless the mark attained was less than 9, in which case it will be discounted and assessment will be by exam only. In either case, there will be an examination of two-hours duration. The exam will count for 75% in the event that the coursework counts and 100% in the event that it does not.

Formative Assessment

Two online quizzes. Model answers will be provided and the gone over in a lecture after the students have had time to prepare their answers.

Feedback

Model answers will be provided and the gone over in a lecture after the students have had time to prepare their answers.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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