Identify, explain and interpret key concepts and principles of Employment Law.

Analyse and apply the principles of contract to the employment relationship.

Conduct independent in-depth legal research into an area of Employment Law utilising a range of primary and secondary sources to support a cogent and evidenced argument.

Communicate effectively in writing in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.

Coursework 100%.
Learning outcomes 1-4
An assessed piece of coursework (4000 words) on an area of Employment Law.

The module addresses U.K. and E.U. legislation, case authority, codes of practice and human rights aspects in relation to the following:
Formation of the Contract of Employment
Terms of the Contract
Discipline and Grievance
Discrimination in Employment
Termination of the Contract of Employment

The aim of this module is to provide the students with a practical knowledge, ability to critically analyse and evaluate the fundamental areas of law and policy relating to the employment relationship. The focus of the subject is people at work, their legal rights and responsibilities, and their relationships with others – employer, co-workers and other stakeholders.

The module requires a combined weekly commitment of 3 hours attending lectures (1hour) and workshops (2 hours). The below shows the allocation of learning time in hours:

Lectures - 13 hours
Workshops - 26 hours
Guided Independent Study - 161 hours
Total - 200

WHOLE GROUP/LECTURE SESSIONS (CLASS 1) - these will be used to introduce new topics in the programme, and to disseminate general information. New topics introduced in these sessions will be developed further in the discussions and work undertaken in small-group/workshop sessions.

SMALL GROUP SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS (CLASS 2) - these will be used for developing specific topics and themes introduced in the whole-group/lecture sessions part of the programme. Participants will need to attend sessions and workshops and 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 in which participants discuss scenarios in which "clients" require advice and/or representation and are experiencing problems at work or in relation to their workplace rights.

Students are required to engage in library-based and IT-related research and preparatory work. An emphasis in these sessions is on student interaction, demonstration of knowledge and application, and an ability to address both essay and problem questions.

GUIDED INDEPENDENT STUDY -This will consist of not only preparation for small group sessions but also independent research such as directed in the study guide. Some materials will be provided to facilitate this research. However, students will be expected to carry out a significant amount of research via further reading and the web.

Simon Honeyball & John Bowers Textbook on Employment Law (Oxford: University Press 2016) This book can be accessed on Law Trove (from Oxford University Press)

Other text books in this area;
Gwyneth Pitt, Employment Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2016)
Simon Deakin, Gillian Morris, Labour Law (6th Revised edition) (Hart Publishing, 2012)
Richard Painter & Keith Puttick, Employment Rights (3rd Edn) (Pluto: London)
Keith Puttick et al, Wages & the Law (Shaw & Sons)
Cabrelli, David A. Employment law in context: texts and materials, (Oxford University Press 2018).
Cunningham, Naomi; Reed, Michael; Legal Action Group. Employment tribunal claims: tactics and precedents, (LAG Education and Service Trust 2014).
Lewis, Tamara. Employment law: an adviser's handbook, (Legal Action Group 2017).
Emir, Astra; Selwyn, Norman M. Selwyn's law of employment, (Oxford University Press 2018)
Taylor, Stephen; Emir, Astra. Employment law: an introduction, (Oxford University Press 2019)
Hugh Collins Justice in Dismissal (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)