How does the UK Legal System work? How is legislation made and regulated?
How is employment status the associated employment rights determined in UK employment law?
What is the nature of the Employment Contract and how is it made up?
What constitutes wages and how is working time governed and restricted?
What is discrimination and how does UK employment law protect employees and workers?
What is contractual variation and how should it be legally done?
What is wrongful and unfair dismissal and what are the legal remedies and ramifications?
What is UK redundancy law and how should redundancy dismissals be caried out? What are the ramifications of this being done incorrectly?
The purpose, and process in relation to the UK Employment tribunal system.
The module will also include a mock Employment tribunal where student will be able to put what they have learned to practical use.

Assessment to evaluate all learning outcomes.
3,000 Word analysis of employment law and recommendations based on an identified legal problem to include a 500 word reflection on learning from participating in a practical mock Employment Tribunal

Tutor-led learning assisted by recommended texts, articles, and other sources, including on-line systems and legal data bases. Student-centred learning will include tasks and activities supported by background reading. Small group activities will enable participants to develop knowledge and understanding of module themes as well as relevant skills,and facilitate discussion of issues that draws on their experience. Independent enquiry and consolidation of understanding will be expected and encouraged, with students utilising information from a range of paper and electronic sources. Participation in a moot (legal trial) in a mock Employment Tribunal (ET) at the end of the programme will be expected, with participants working as part of one of the ET teams: claimant, respondent, or tribunal.

1. Understand the legal framework for employment regulation in the UK.
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning

2. Understand regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.
Learning
Enquiry
Application

3. Understand law in relation to establishment, alteration and termination of employment contracts.
Learning
Problem Solving
Communication
Analysis

4. Understand compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.
Knowledge and Understanding
Learning
Application
Reflection
Analysis

Westlaw
Nexus Lexus
Lawtrove

Honeyball , S, (2022) Employment Law 15th ed, OUP
Emir, A, (2021). Selwyns Law of Employment 21st ed, OUP
Finch, E, (2017). Legal Skills, OUP
All texts available via Lawtrove.

This module focuses on the major principles that underpin employment law, the defences which are available to employers and the remedies that claimants seek when they bring their cases to court. It examines the more common issues relating to employment law which arise in organisations with a view to preparing a defence or helping to settle claims ahead of a hearing. Integral to this is the legal system, the main sources of law and the evolution of contemporary employment regulation in the UK. As part of this module you will take part in a mock Employment Tribunal, based around a case of possible unfair dismissal.