2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW2160 Employment Law

20 creditsClass Size: 90

Module manager: Henrietta Zeffert and Chris Dietz
Email: c.p.dietz@leeds.ac.uk

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

Year running 2017/18

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

What is the difference between being a worker or an employee? What are the pros and cons of flexible work contracts? Do workers still have the right to strike? As the nature and conditions of work change in response to globalization and other social, political and economic shifts, legislators and policy-makers seek to adapt and respond – giving rise to many interesting social and legal issues and tensions.This module considers how employment law shapes and is shaped by such issues and tensions. It is designed to explore contemporary work and industrial relations through a series of case studies – concerning parental leave, the 'gig economy', the right to strike, and questions relating to work/life balance, among others – which affect the rights and responsibilities of people at work. The module draws upon legal materials including domestic and international case law and legislation. Students will also be expected to engage with academic literature concerning work, rights and responsibilities developed in other disciplines within the social sciences in accordance with the module’s law-in-context approach. It is expected that any student – as a current or prospective employee, employer, activist or advocate – will find this module intellectually engaging and relevant.

Objectives

This module aims to:
- examine the law relating to individual employment and industrial relations in its social context
- introduce social and political arguments to relations at work
- develop students’ analytical and problem-solving skills
- develop presentation and legal research and writing skills.

Syllabus

Flexible and precarious work,
Working time,
Trade unions and the right to strike,
Equality at work,
Unfair and wrongful dismissal.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	16	1.00	16.00
Seminar	8	2.00	16.00
Private study hours			168.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 3,000 words	75.00
Tutorial Performance	assessed seminar performance	25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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: 18/05/2017

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