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The course provides a general introduction to many aspects of workplace law. Students will broadly examine the law relating to the employer/employee relationship, including: (i) the purposes of regulation of employment and industrial relations; (ii) statutory regulation of the employment relationship and the bodies which regulate employment in Australia; (iii) categorising work relationships and recognising differences between an employment relationship and other types of work arrangements; (iv) basic employee entitlements and terms and conditions of employment; (v) sources of employment obligations - contracts, workplace agreements, statute and awards; (vi) collective bargaining and industrial action; (vii) enforcement of employment obligations; (viii) management of the employment relationship including performance management, disciplinary process, and controls on employment; (ix) workplace health and safety; (x) termination of employment, risks and remedies for termination; and (xi) workplace rights (including general protections). In addition to content, the course is designed to provide students with a practical, hands-on approach to various issues arising out of the employment relationship through a range of problem-solving exercises.

By the end of this course, students should:

1. have the ability to provide an overview and identify key parts of the current regulatory regime for employment in Australia, including key regulatory bodies and their functions;
2. demonstrate an ability to identify and distinguish a contract of employment from other forms of work arrangements;
3. demonstrate an understanding of the different categories of employment;
4. understand the law regarding minimum employee entitlements and demonstrate an ability to identify and explain where these entitlements are derived from;
5. be able to appreciate and explain the contrast and interaction between award-based, statute-based, and contract/agreement-based terms and conditions of employment;
6. understand and explain basic concepts of collective bargaining and industrial action;
7. demonstrate an ability to identify (in a hypothetical scenario) the ways in which minimum employee entitlements may be protected and enforced;
8. demonstrate an ability to understand and explain controls on employment and the obligations of employees and employers in the employment relationship;
9. apply learned theory to practical scenarios regarding performance management and disciplinary process in the employment context;
10. demonstrate an ability to understand and explain the law regulating workplace health and safety;
11. understand and explain the regulation of termination of employment and demonstrate and ability to suggest practical solutions in relation to the termination of the employment relationship;
12. demonstrate problem-solving skills by identifying and explaining the risks associated with performance management and termination of employment;
13. demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills in identifying workplace rights and applying knowledge to a factual scenario;
14. apply logical and analytical argument, in written or oral form, to hypothetical factual scenarios across relevant modules, provide appropriate advice and prepare the necessary documents relevant to the problem at hand.