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2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW2160 Employment Law

20 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Ann Blair
Email: E.A.Blair@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisite qualifications

Discovery students must have taken LAW1075 Introduction to the Law of Obligations.

Incoming Study Abroad students must have taken Contract Law at their home university.

Pre-requisites

LAW1030	Contract Law
LAW1075	Intro to Law of Obligations

This module is mutually exclusive with

LUBS3915

Employment Law

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

- Ever had a bad experience at work?- Do you know someone who had the employee from hell? This module covers the legal contexts in which employers and employees (and workers) can resolve their differences. The module examines the law relating to individual employment in its social context. It also introduces social and political arguments on relations at work. The module covers: - Employment Status and atypical work; the contract of employment (formation, variation and sources of contractual terms); statutory employment rights; and termination of employment (wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal and redundancy). This module is taught by lectures and seminars in semester 1 and 2. Assessment is by one 2,000 word essay and one 2 hour examination. This module is mutually exclusive with LUBS3915.

Objectives

- to examine the law relating to individual employment and industrial relations in its social context
- to introduce social and political arguments on relations at work
- to develop analytical and problem-solving skills.

Syllabus

Employment status and atypical work
The contract of employment
- Contract formation and variation
- The sources of contract terms
Employment protection rights
- A selection of rights will be looked at in depth
Termination of Employment
- Wrongful dismissal
- Unfair dismissal
- Redundancy.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	22	1.00	22.00
Seminar	8	1.00	8.00
Private study hours			170.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 2,000 words	33.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		33.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Open Book exam	2 hr	67.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		67.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 07/09/2015

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