LA4020:03
*NOTE* Industrial Law
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: Level 3 LA subjects
Contact hours to be advised. Second semester.
Available to LLB students.
Introduction to the Australian labour system; employer and employee contract relationship (including termination of employment and remedies); labour and the Constitution; common law and legislation relating to trade unions; Federal and State, particularly Queensland, labour legislation.
Learning Objectives:
- acquire a sound understanding of the operation of labour law, both at common law and under statute;
- acquire a knowledge of federal and state industrial law.
Assessment by research paper (50%); tutorial paper (30%); examination (20%) (subject to variation).