Module Descriptors
EMPLOYMENT LAW A
LAWS71265
Key Facts
School of Justice, Security and Sustainability
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Keith Puttick
Email: K.A.Puttick@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 15
Independent Study Hours: 135
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
The module focuses on the UK's Employment Law system (including EU and ECHR Law aspects), and in particular:
¿ Historical Perspectives, and modern approaches to Employment Law studies and ideologies, including debates around the role of the State and the merits, or otherwise, of regulation and deregulation
¿ The Employment relationship and the `wage-work bargain¿
¿ The importance of `status¿ as a gateway to modern rights/duties
¿ The employment contract: formation and operation, including the role played by collective bargaining, statute, and EU/ECHR law
¿ Workplace change & regulation of management prerogative
¿ Termination of employment, including economic dismissals, and the regulation of `transfers¿ of undertakings (and implications in the context of business expansion and contraction, and insolvency)
¿ Employment disputes: the tribunal, courts, remedies
¿ Historical Perspectives, and modern approaches to Employment Law studies and ideologies, including debates around the role of the State and the merits, or otherwise, of regulation and deregulation
¿ The Employment relationship and the `wage-work bargain¿
¿ The importance of `status¿ as a gateway to modern rights/duties
¿ The employment contract: formation and operation, including the role played by collective bargaining, statute, and EU/ECHR law
¿ Workplace change & regulation of management prerogative
¿ Termination of employment, including economic dismissals, and the regulation of `transfers¿ of undertakings (and implications in the context of business expansion and contraction, and insolvency)
¿ Employment disputes: the tribunal, courts, remedies
Module Texts
The following indicative texts/reading are suggested:
Collins, H, Ewing, K, McColgan, A, Labour Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012 or Deakin, S & Morris, G, Labour Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012 (6th ed)
Barnard, C EU Labour Law, Oxford University Press, 2012
Deakin, S and Wilinson, F, The Law of the Labour Market: Industrialisation, Employment and Legal Evolution, Oxford University Press, 2005
Painter, R and Puttick, K, Employment Rights, Pluto, 2006 (3rd ed)
Other reading and sources will be provided during the programme.
Collins, H, Ewing, K, McColgan, A, Labour Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012 or Deakin, S & Morris, G, Labour Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012 (6th ed)
Barnard, C EU Labour Law, Oxford University Press, 2012
Deakin, S and Wilinson, F, The Law of the Labour Market: Industrialisation, Employment and Legal Evolution, Oxford University Press, 2005
Painter, R and Puttick, K, Employment Rights, Pluto, 2006 (3rd ed)
Other reading and sources will be provided during the programme.
Module Resources
Well-stocked library
Computer facilities with internet access
Access to Blackboard
Materials provided before sessions, and on Blackboard (`Topical Issues¿, Discussion Board, case studies, etc)
Computer facilities with internet access
Access to Blackboard
Materials provided before sessions, and on Blackboard (`Topical Issues¿, Discussion Board, case studies, etc)
Module Additional Assessment Details
An ASSIGNMENT: length 5000 WORDS weighted at 100%.
Learning Outcomes 1 - 4 will be assessed by the assignment.
Learning Outcomes 1 - 4 will be assessed by the assignment.
Module Learning Strategies
The module is strongly student-centred. It is delivered through a series of 5 x 2 hour workshops necessitating directed and self-managed enquiry and study (10 hours), coupled with further opportunities to meet the tutor for up to five hours for guidance, supervision, and support (5 hours) as advised during the programme. Participants follow a pattern of seminar topics/themes, as set out in the programme in the module handbook, engaging in independent learning activities and self-managed learning activity (135 hours). Total: 150 Hours
Web-based sources and other facilities support the module¿s teaching and learning programme. 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) as well as links to other relevant sites, and to use those sources to develop their skills.
Web-based sources and other facilities support the module¿s teaching and learning programme. 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) as well as links to other relevant sites, and to use those sources to develop their skills.