Workplace Law in Context PG (11425.1)

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, and work, health and safety;
- dispute resolution processes available to workplace participants and their application.

This unit may be co-taught with an undergraduate 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. Explain and apply 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 propose appropriate solutions to case examples; and
5. Synthesise and critically analyse complex information to respond to 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

11751 Legal Methods and Skills G AND 11752 Legal Systems G

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11195 Workplace Law in Context

Equivalent units

6250 Law of Employment G, 9695 Employment Law PG

Assumed knowledge

None.