LAW363: Employment Relations Law

Examines the legal regulation of the relationship between employer and employees in Australia. Reviews the contract of employment before focusing on the Federal industrial relations system, locating it in its constitutional context and examining the nature of statutory regulation of industrial relations. Topics: roles of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and the Employment Advocate, enterprise bargaining, control of industrial action and unfair dismissal. Western Australian law and practice, occupational health and safety provisions and workers' compensation legislation are briefly considered.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: W14-internal
Contact Time	As this unit is taught intensively over one week, students are recommended to seek confirmation of the exact attendance dates and requirements from the School of Law closer to the commencement date of the teaching period.
Prerequisites	L120/LEG120/LAW120 Research and Writing, L150/LEG150/LAW150 Australian Legal System, L152/LAW152 Torts, L130/LAW130 Criminal Law and Procedure, L260/LAW260 Contract.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed C228/BUS228 Employment Law may not enrol in this unit for credit.
School	School of Law
Unit Coordinator	Mr Thomas McPhee Position: Lecturer E-mail: T.McPhee@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.017 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 7527
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Thomas McPhee Lecturer (T.McPhee@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 7527 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.017 MURDOCH W14: Internal (21/06/2010 - 30/07/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)