Postgraduate Course: Employment Law (CMSE11178)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Aims:
The purpose of this option is to provide students with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to brief organisations on the consequences of current and future developments in employment law, and to give up-to-date, timely and accurate advice concerning the practical application of legal principles at work in different jurisdictions. The option will provide students with the key principles that underpin UK and EU employment law, their purpose, the major defences that employers are able to deploy when defending cases, and the potential organisational costs and reputational risks associated with losing them.
This course will encourage students to think critically about the way in which the law both constrains and facilitates relationships between parties within work organisations, and its relationship to effective organisational functioning. The course covers the following areas: the institutions of employment law; the contract of employment; implied rights and duties in the employment relationship; equality law ; contractual variation, contractual breach and unfair dismissal. Thus, the course will cover both the role of the common law in employer-employee relations, the existing (and expanding) statutory framework; the way in which relative standards of behaviour (for example, reasonableness or fairness) are interpreted and acted upon by tribunals and participants in organisations; critiques of law and practice in this area; how employers, employees and their representatives have positioned themselves in relation to existing and proposed developments in employment law; and the role of the law in contributing positively to the management of purposeful organisations.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
125 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. A Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course the students should:
¿ be fully aware of the institutions and law-making processes relevant to the management of employees
¿ have a clear understanding of the essential nature and terms of the employment contract
¿ have a clear understanding of the roles, rights and responsibilities of all parties to the employment relationship
¿ be able to identify underlying principles and objectives in legal regulation of the employment relationship
¿ be able to critically evaluate current employment regulation in light of historical and comparative developments.
2. B Intellectual skills
On completion of the course the students should:
¿ be able to combine a theoretical understanding of employment regulation with an appreciation of the practical organisational issues arising from regulation
¿ exhibit an awareness of the concerns and experiences of a range of organisational stakeholders
¿ be able to evaluate the impact of legal regulation on effective organisational functioning
¿ be able to identify the objectives and assumptions of currently proposed solutions to problems of regulating the employment relationship.
3. C Professional/subject specific/practical skills
On completion of the assessed work, students should:
¿ be able to identify the relevant legal issues and areas relating to particular workplace problems or incidents
¿ apply critical analytical skills to theoretical and practical issues arising in regulating the employment relationship
¿ be able to summarise and explain alternative/contending stakeholder positions
¿ be able to understand and demonstrate how relative standards in the employment relationship (e.g. fairness or reasonableness) are arrived at
¿ be able to demonstrate considerable conceptual, verbal and written clarity in addressing the issue of managing employment law.
¿ be able to give a clear analysis of existing legal regulation, issues arising from the existing legal framework, and proposals for change in the existing legal framework.
¿ be able to advise about appropriate action that should be taken in workplace scenarios where employment regulation applies.
4. D Transferable skills
On completion of the course students should:
¿ be able to competently communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings;
¿ be able to critically evaluate evidence and present a balanced argument;
¿ be able to plan, organise and prioritise work effectively.
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Assessment Information
| Project 30%. Exam 70%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Students will be able to show awareness of key legal frameworks, the application of the law in particular circumstances, the perspectives of key organisational stakeholders, and areas of critique/controversy in the existing legal framework. |
| Reading list |
Key Text
Deborah J Lockton, (2010) (7th Edition), Employment Law, Palgrave Macmillan Masters,
In addition to the normal requirements of academic study, students will be expected to keep up-to-date with developments in the area through newspaper and journal reports.
There are a number of other useful general references that relate to specific topics on the course:
David Lewis and Malcolm Sargeant (2010) (5th Edition), Employment Law Longman .
Stephen Taylor and Astra Emir (2009) (2nd Edition), Employment law: an introduction, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EL (HRM) |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Brian Main
Tel: (0131 6)50 8360
Email: Brian.Main@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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