Module Descriptors
THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
LAWS51133
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Keith Puttick
Email: K.A.Puttick@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 27
Independent Study Hours: 123
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- WORKSHOP REPORT weighted at 20%
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 80%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
We consider the employment relationship, and particularly:
- approaches, discourses, and controversies relating to Employment Law
- the employment contract's formation, operation, and termination
- employment status as a gateway to employment rights
- express and implied terms, incorporated terms, collective bargaining, and other sources of the employment contract
- the wage-work bargain
- the duties and responsibilities of employees and employers at common law, and under employment legislation
- workplace change
- termination of employment, including the two main remedies: wrongful & unfair dismissal
- 'economic' dismissals: redundancy, transfers of undertakings, and insolvency
- EC Law/ECHR human rights aspects of employment
- approaches, discourses, and controversies relating to Employment Law
- the employment contract's formation, operation, and termination
- employment status as a gateway to employment rights
- express and implied terms, incorporated terms, collective bargaining, and other sources of the employment contract
- the wage-work bargain
- the duties and responsibilities of employees and employers at common law, and under employment legislation
- workplace change
- termination of employment, including the two main remedies: wrongful & unfair dismissal
- 'economic' dismissals: redundancy, transfers of undertakings, and insolvency
- EC Law/ECHR human rights aspects of employment
Module Additional Assessment Details
Attendance/contribution to Workshops assessing Learning Outcomes 1 - 4 (20%)
End of semester 2500 word assignment assessing Learning Outcomes 1 - 4.
(80%)
To pass this module, students must obtain an average mark of at least 40% and a mark of at least 25% in each component.
End of semester 2500 word assignment assessing Learning Outcomes 1 - 4.
(80%)
To pass this module, students must obtain an average mark of at least 40% and a mark of at least 25% in each component.
Module Learning Strategies
WHOLE GROUP/LECTURE SESSIONS These are used to introduce new topics in the programme, and disseminate general information. New topics are introduced in these sessions, and then developed further in the discussions and work undertaken in small-group workshop sessions.
11 x 2 - hour lectures.
SMALL GROUP SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS
These are used to develop specific topics and themes introduced in the whole-group/lecture sessions. Participants engage in preparatory work prior to these sessions as well as after the sessions (when there is the opportunity to reflect on the work done, and to follow it up with further individual study or collaborative learning activities). The sessions will include exercises and scenarios in which `clients' require advice and/or representation, and are experiencing problems at work and in relation to their workplace rights. The module will require participants to engage in library-based and IT-related research and preparatory work.
5 x 1 - hour small group sessions.
DIRECTED STUDY & SELF-MANAGED STUDY - The emphasis is on independent learning as well as directed study, particularly ahead of whole-group sessions, and small group sessions' discussion and analysis of the law and issues. (123 hours).
Total Learning Time = 150 Hours
Web-based material will be utilised to support all aspects of the module.
Participants are encouraged to make regular use of electronic data bases like Westlaw and LexisNexis which provide rapid access to up-to-date and regularly updated legislation and case-law - and to use those sources to develop their skills and `information literacy'.
11 x 2 - hour lectures.
SMALL GROUP SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS
These are used to develop specific topics and themes introduced in the whole-group/lecture sessions. Participants engage in preparatory work prior to these sessions as well as after the sessions (when there is the opportunity to reflect on the work done, and to follow it up with further individual study or collaborative learning activities). The sessions will include exercises and scenarios in which `clients' require advice and/or representation, and are experiencing problems at work and in relation to their workplace rights. The module will require participants to engage in library-based and IT-related research and preparatory work.
5 x 1 - hour small group sessions.
DIRECTED STUDY & SELF-MANAGED STUDY - The emphasis is on independent learning as well as directed study, particularly ahead of whole-group sessions, and small group sessions' discussion and analysis of the law and issues. (123 hours).
Total Learning Time = 150 Hours
Web-based material will be utilised to support all aspects of the module.
Participants are encouraged to make regular use of electronic data bases like Westlaw and LexisNexis which provide rapid access to up-to-date and regularly updated legislation and case-law - and to use those sources to develop their skills and `information literacy'.
Module Resources
Access to appropriate texts, journals, legislation and case law.
Module Study Guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access materials available on the web and specialist on-line databases.
Module Study Guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access materials available on the web and specialist on-line databases.
Module Texts
Essential Reading
Painter, R.W. & Puttick, K. Employment Rights, 3rd Ed. London Pluto Press or
Duddington, J (2007)
Employment Law, 2nd Ed. Harlow
Longman
Cases & Materials
Holmes, A. and Painter, R.W. (2008). Cases and Materials on Employment Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Painter, R.W. & Puttick, K. Employment Rights, 3rd Ed. London Pluto Press or
Duddington, J (2007)
Employment Law, 2nd Ed. Harlow
Longman
Cases & Materials
Holmes, A. and Painter, R.W. (2008). Cases and Materials on Employment Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.