Workplace Law in Context (11195.1)

This unit examines:
* the sources and content of the workplace relationship - common law, statute, awards and agreements;
* the nature and dynamics of Australian culture, particularly in relation to those of minority status - those who are most vulnerable to discrimination and harassment in the workplace; what behaviours constitute discrimination and harassment; why they take place;
* regulatory frameworks in relation to:
- industrial action
- unfair dismissal, unlawful termination and adverse action
- discrimination
- bullying and harassment
- work, health and safety; and
* dispute resolution processes available to workplace participants and their application.

This unit may be co-taught with a PG version of the unit.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and discuss the sources of workplace law in Australia;
2. Understand and explain the framework of rights and obligations applying to employees, employers and other workplace participants;
3. Discuss and critically analyse key contemporary issues in workplace law;
4. Analyse frameworks for dispute resolution and identify appropriate solutions to case examples; and
5. Demonstrate a critical analysis of law related problems from a socio-legal and holistic perspective.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

11251 Foundations of Law and Justice OR 11191 Managing Human Capital OR 11220 Business Law.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11425 Workplace Law in Context PG.

Equivalent units

7906 Employment Law.

Assumed knowledge

None.