Module Descriptors
EMPLOYMENT LAW
LAWS70651
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 7
1 credits
Contact
Leader: Natasha Thomas
Email: natasha.thomas@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours:
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, PG Semester 2
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, PG Semester 2 to PG Semester 3
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Lecture and workshop materials. Blackboard
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assessed in one three hour written assessment
Module Texts
Employment Law Manual
Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law, Butterworths current edition (updated annually)
Selwyn on Employment Law (OUP) current edition (updated annually)
PLC online
Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law, Butterworths current edition (updated annually)
Selwyn on Employment Law (OUP) current edition (updated annually)
PLC online
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Indicative Content
ELEMENT 1: NON CONTENTIOUS EMPLOYMENT LAW
1. employment status of a worker
2. employer's liability for a worker
3. employment contracts
4. roles, rights, responsibilities and liabilities of employers and employees/strategies to achieve client's objectives.
5. practitioner skills
6. research, synthesise and evaluate data.
ELEMENT 2: UNFAIR AND WRONGFUL DISMISSAL
1. unfair and wrongful dismissal
2. practical and legal steps.
3. breach of procedure
4. preliminary steps for employee
5. courses of action, attendant costs, benefits and risks.
6. appropriate nature and value of the claim and tactical considerations
ELEMENT 3: DISCRIMINATION LAW
1. discrimination
2. types of discrimination
3. documentation to pursue or defend a claim
4. legal reports and presentations within discrimination law & the European context.
5. research synthesise and evaluate the data obtained.
6. professional conduct issues
ELEMENT 4: TRIBUNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
1. alternative dispute resolution, role of ACAS
2. professional, industrial and trade associations
3. costs principles, types of costs orders, advantage of conciliation with ACAS.
4. tactical applications within the employment tribunal process
5. tribunal procedure
6. commercial awareness
ELEMENT 5: TUPE AND REDUNDANCY
1. commercial employment
2. redundancy situation
3. implementing strategies to achieve the client's objectives.
4. causes of action, analysis of risks and benefits
1. employment status of a worker
2. employer's liability for a worker
3. employment contracts
4. roles, rights, responsibilities and liabilities of employers and employees/strategies to achieve client's objectives.
5. practitioner skills
6. research, synthesise and evaluate data.
ELEMENT 2: UNFAIR AND WRONGFUL DISMISSAL
1. unfair and wrongful dismissal
2. practical and legal steps.
3. breach of procedure
4. preliminary steps for employee
5. courses of action, attendant costs, benefits and risks.
6. appropriate nature and value of the claim and tactical considerations
ELEMENT 3: DISCRIMINATION LAW
1. discrimination
2. types of discrimination
3. documentation to pursue or defend a claim
4. legal reports and presentations within discrimination law & the European context.
5. research synthesise and evaluate the data obtained.
6. professional conduct issues
ELEMENT 4: TRIBUNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
1. alternative dispute resolution, role of ACAS
2. professional, industrial and trade associations
3. costs principles, types of costs orders, advantage of conciliation with ACAS.
4. tactical applications within the employment tribunal process
5. tribunal procedure
6. commercial awareness
ELEMENT 5: TUPE AND REDUNDANCY
1. commercial employment
2. redundancy situation
3. implementing strategies to achieve the client's objectives.
4. causes of action, analysis of risks and benefits
Module Learning Strategies
Employment Law is taught within 9 x one hour lecture sessions and 9 x two hour workshop sessions plus a self study session. Additionally for students following a blended-learning mode of delivery there will be on line activities
Web Descriptor
We have two Employment Law modules on the LPC offering distinctive study routes: face-to-face delivery and blended learning. The topics and content for both modules are largely the same, as is the assessment (a 3 hour 'open book' exam, with advance information on the client scenarios and tasks). After considering the modern employment relationship, you have the opportunity to explore issues like employment status; formation of the contract; implied terms; equalities and discrimination; and practice and procedure. Attention is then given to job security and workplace change, including core topics like wrongful and unfair dismissal, workplace change, and redundancy. Practice and procedure feature throughout, and you will have opportunities to develop and deploy drafting and other key skills.