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

Analyse and apply the principles of contract to the employment relationship
Analysis, Application

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.
Enquiry
Communication

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

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 majority of learning materials will be presented online asynchronously organised as a series of weekly topics. Students will be encouraged to follow the weekly schedule where this is possible. Three synchronous online webinars will be held to provide opportunities for live interaction between students and lecturer, to cover an introduction to the module and learning expectations, an assessment guidance session, and a consolidation session prior to the assessment date. These sessions will be recorded for the benefit of students who are unable to attend at the scheduled time.

The online learning materials will be organised as a range of short activities for each topic which allow students to construct and apply their own knowledge as they work through them. Instant feedback will be provided where appropriate on computer-aided tests of knowledge. Summaries and explanations of applied tasks will be available, allowing students to assess their progress against suggested answers.

Tutor-student and peer interaction will be facilitated through the use of collaborative online learning spaces. Students will be able to post questions and queries as they reflect on their own developing understanding of the key subject concepts.

As this is a level 6 module, students will be expected to undertake wider reading beyond the weekly required readings provided on the VLE.

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

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)