LS4586: EMPLOYMENT LAW (HONOURS) (2015-2016)

Course Aims: 1. To provide an in-depth study of selected employment law topics such as employee status, constructive dismissal, discrimination ( including disability discrimination) , trade union rights and obligations in the UK and with reference to international treaties and the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal. 2. To develop the students’ analytical skills, to encourage the students to intelligently deconstruct legal argument , to develop an understanding of how this area of law has evolved with reference to relevant social issues, policy concerns and legal principle 3. By providing students with the above knowledge and skills, to enable them to progress in their studies with greater understanding and confidence Main Learning Outcomes: Subject-Specific Skills and Concepts Students will be able to: 1. Differentiate between and use appropriate primary and secondary sources and identify and retrieve up-to-date legal info using paper and electronic sources; 2. Recognise, analyse and rank arguments and evidence in terms of relevance and importance by managing volume of legal sources and select key material to construct written or oral answers to a problem; 3. Identify the legal problem from information provided; 4. Address problems by reference to relevant material; 5. Bring together and integrate information and materials from a variety of different sources; 6. Be aware that arguments require to be supported by evidence, in order to meet legal requirements of proof by showing awareness of the need for evidence to support arguments; 7. Apply knowledge and analysis creatively to complex situations in order to provide arguable solutions to concrete problems by presenting a range of viable options from a set of facts and law; 8. Think critically and make critical judgements on the relative and absolute merits of particular arguments and solutions; 9. Communicate in plain English, with legal terminology only as needed; 10. Display informed knowledge and understanding of the social, economic, moral and ethical contexts in which law operates by demonstrating legal knowledge in association with related policy, underlying social conditions, professional ethical issues and moral issues. Key Skills (Transferable) 1. Communicate orally and in writing; 2. Ability to organise and manage time and effort in performance of tasks; 3. Problem solving skills; 4. Critical analysis; 5. Logical argument; 6. An ability to synthesise and organise complex materials and arguments. Content: The course will explore issues of employee status, constructive dismissal, discrimination (including disability discrimination), trade union rights and obligations in the UK and with reference to international treaties and the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal.

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1st Attempt: An assessed essay of 3,000 words (33%) and 1 two-hour examination (66%). Resit: Normally, no resit is available

The course is an optional one for students on the LLB (Honours).

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