Introduction
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| Unit name | Labour Law |
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| Unit code | LAW603 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Law |
| Discipline | Law |
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Availability
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Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
| LAW204 OR LAW250 AND LAW253 AND LAW256 AND LAW251 AND LAW252 AND LAW254 AND LAW255 OR LAW226 AND LAW222 AND LAW223 AND LAW224 AND LAW205 AND LAW221 AND LAW225 OR LAW223 AND LAW224 AND LAW352 AND LAW351 AND LAW221 AND LAW253 AND LAW222 |
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 4 hours of lectures daily (including 30 minutes break) daily from 8th of January to 18th of January, and class excursion to the Fair Work Commission and Federal Court on 19th January. |
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| Assessment | Media Case Study Group Presentation (10%); Research Essay (3000 Words) (50%); Open-Book Test (40%). |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Pittard and Naughton, Australian Labour and Employment Law, LexisNexis, 2015. Rinaldi, Lambropoulos, Millar and Neal, Fair Work Legislation 2017 – 2018, Thomson Reuters, 2017. https://www.coop.com.au/textbook/search/university-of-tasmania-hobart/1773/law603 |
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| Recommended | Sappideen, O’Grady and Riley, Macken’s Law of Employment, 8th ed, Lawbook Co, 2016. Stewart, Forsyth, Irving, Johnstone and McCrystal, Creighton & Stewart’s Labour Law, 6th ed, The Federation Press, 2016. https://www.coop.com.au/textbook/search/university-of-tasmania-hobart/1773/law603 |
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