Employment Law

BMAN70222 Employment Law 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Cristina Inversi Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 Legal framework of the employment relationship; employment status; sources, content, variation & termination of the contract of employment; discrimination & equal pay; general pay issues; unfair dismissal; business restructuring (including redundancies & transfers of undertakings); health & safety (especially stress at work); freedom of association & human rights. Legal framework of the employment relationship; employment status; sources, content, variation & termination of the contract of employment; discrimination & equal pay; general pay issues; unfair dismissal; business restructuring (including redundancies & transfers of undertakings); health & safety (especially stress at work); freedom of association & human rights. The course unit aims to give students an understanding and awareness of the way in which the employment relationship is regulated and, in particular, the growing body of employment legislation. This will include an understanding of the influence of EU law on domestic legislation and the potential implications of ‘Brexit’.  At the end of the course unit students should be able to:<ul> <li> Identify the legal issues in an employment-related scenario and advise organisations accordingly</li> <li> Explain the legal principles relevant to such issues</li> <li> Apply the legal principles to the facts of a given case</li> <li> Identify the management implications in an employment-related legal scenario</li> <li> Assess the likely impact of legislation on organisations/individuals</li></ul> 0 Other 100% 1) Employment Tribunal Report (50%) 2) Partly-revealed examination (50%)   Informal advice and discussion during a lecture, seminar, workshop or lab.Responses to student e-mailsSpecific course related feedback sessionsWritten and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed courseworkWritten and /or verbal comments after students have given a group or individual presentationGeneric feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall examination performance BMAN70222 Programme Req: BMAN70222 is only available as a core unit to students on MSc HRM & IR N Cabrelli: Employment Law in Context (3rd ed., Oxford, 2018)Collins, Ewing & McColgan: Labour Law (2nd ed., Cambridge, 2019)Daniels: Introduction to Employment Law (5th ed., Kogan Page, 2019)Lewis & Sargeant: Employment Law, The essentials (15th ed., Kogan Page, 2020)Smith, Baker & Warnock: Smith and Wood’s Employment Law (13th ed., Oxford, 2017) Assessment written exam 2 Lectures 30 0 118 Informal Contact MethodsOffice hoursDrop in surgeries (extra help sessions for students on material they may be struggling with)Availability before and after lecture sessions and during breaks etcIndividual appointments with students on request (i.e outside of and in addition to the above)Regular Blackboard announcements/messages