Module Descriptors
EMPLOYMENT ADVICE II
LAWS50748
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Julie Smith
Email: Jules.Smith@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 30
Independent Study Hours: 120
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ON - LINE SEMINAR weighted at 30%
- CASE BASED STUDY weighted at 70%
- ON - LINE SEMINAR weighted at 30%
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 70%
Module Details
Module Resources
Access to a PC with internet access.
Module Learning Strategies
The focus of this module is on a mix of independent as well as directed study.
Contact Hours (30) on this module means on-screen hours engaging with the on screen study materials in the course documents, course information sections of the module.
Independent Study (120) means your on-line and off-line activity, including work in the course documents, course information, and discussion forums and assignments sections of the module. It also includes further relevant background and developmental reading and research. Preparation and engagement with the discussion forums, self-assessment exercises, tasks together with assessment preparation and completion.
The VLE will provide a structured framework for the delivery of this module.
Contact Hours (30) on this module means on-screen hours engaging with the on screen study materials in the course documents, course information sections of the module.
Independent Study (120) means your on-line and off-line activity, including work in the course documents, course information, and discussion forums and assignments sections of the module. It also includes further relevant background and developmental reading and research. Preparation and engagement with the discussion forums, self-assessment exercises, tasks together with assessment preparation and completion.
The VLE will provide a structured framework for the delivery of this module.
Module Indicative Content
This module is concerned with Employment Law and peoples' rights at work. It is a development module in that it builds upon the knowledge and more basic understanding and skills acquired in the level one module. It addresses a range of issues relating to the problems people commonly experience at work, including aspects relating to the operation of contract terms and statutory rights to employment protection.
It focuses on:
- The nature of the employment relationship
- The employment contract, its form, sources, and operation
- The 'wage-work bargain', and specific aspects of its operation (including wage regulation, tax credits, and interruptions in wages)
- Individual and collective employment rights, and the statutory employment rights regime, including discrimination and human rights issues
- Workplace change and changes to employment contract terms (including the impact of collective agreements): and 'responses' to changes requiring advice on options
- The importance of key terms, including implied terms like and 'trust and confidence'
- Unfair dismissal, including constructive dismissal (and 'alternatives')
- Redundancy
- Advising on employment disputes; and issues relating to representation of employment clients
- The advocacy role of advisors.
It focuses on:
- The nature of the employment relationship
- The employment contract, its form, sources, and operation
- The 'wage-work bargain', and specific aspects of its operation (including wage regulation, tax credits, and interruptions in wages)
- Individual and collective employment rights, and the statutory employment rights regime, including discrimination and human rights issues
- Workplace change and changes to employment contract terms (including the impact of collective agreements): and 'responses' to changes requiring advice on options
- The importance of key terms, including implied terms like and 'trust and confidence'
- Unfair dismissal, including constructive dismissal (and 'alternatives')
- Redundancy
- Advising on employment disputes; and issues relating to representation of employment clients
- The advocacy role of advisors.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1. Students will undertake an assessed seminar - 500 words (30%) which contributes to all learning outcomes
AND
2. A case study assignment 2000 words (70%) contributes to all LOs
OR
3. A portfolio of students own work 2000 words (70%) contributes to all LOs
Formative Assessment - Tutor feedback will be provided via the online seminar discussion forums and also during the module via email and telephone responses to tasks and exercises.
In order to pass this module students must achieve a minimum of grade point 2 in the online seminar and an average grade point 4 overall.
AND
2. A case study assignment 2000 words (70%) contributes to all LOs
OR
3. A portfolio of students own work 2000 words (70%) contributes to all LOs
Formative Assessment - Tutor feedback will be provided via the online seminar discussion forums and also during the module via email and telephone responses to tasks and exercises.
In order to pass this module students must achieve a minimum of grade point 2 in the online seminar and an average grade point 4 overall.
Module Texts
Honeyball, S. (2010) Honeyball and Bowers Textbook on Employment Law. London: Oxford University Press 11th edition (10th edition if not available)
Painter, R.W. and Holmes, A.E.M. (2010) Cases and Materials on Employment Law, London: Oxford University Press 8th edition (7th edition if not available)
Smith, I and Thomas G (2010) Smith & Wood's Employment Law, London: Oxford University Press 10th edition (9th edition if not available)
Painter, R.W. and Holmes, A.E.M. (2010) Cases and Materials on Employment Law, London: Oxford University Press 8th edition (7th edition if not available)
Smith, I and Thomas G (2010) Smith & Wood's Employment Law, London: Oxford University Press 10th edition (9th edition if not available)