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LAWS12071 - Australian Employment Law

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Regulation of employment laws represents one of the significant areas of policy difference between the major political parties in Australia. Consequently, both parties have instituted major legislative reform in this area in the last 10 years resulting in the coalition's “Work Choices" and the introduction by the Australian Labor Party of the Fair Work Act in 1990. The purpose of this unit is to allow students an overview of the common law and legislation which regulates the employment relationship within Australia. Students consider different approaches to regulation from the protective view through to economic rationalism and the libertarian approach. The unit discusses issues around entering into the employment relationship, managing and regulating the relationship and finally, ending the employment relationship.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2020

Term 1 - 2021 Profile
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Term 1 - 2022 Profile
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Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Written Assessment 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.46% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
The exam time period
Recommendation
Given the unit is intensive and effectively students have 6-7 weeks to get on top of the material I recommend that the exam period go back to 24 hours rather than 6 hours. As it is not held during the normal examination period it will not be an impost on the scheduling of exams.
Action Taken
The college decided to keep this unit consistent with all other take home exams to avoid confusion amongst students.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
The design of the pre-recorded lectures
Recommendation
The pre-recorded lectures to be redesigned and effectively rerecorded so that the major themes of each module are better explained.
Action Taken
This was done.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
The length of the pre-recorded lectures so students are more likely to listen to them.
Recommendation
The pre-recorded lectures should range from 5 minutes to no more than 20 minutes so students are more inclined to listen to them.
Action Taken
This was done.
Source: Unit Coordinator and feedback from previous student.
Feedback
Reintroduced the workbook exercises for the first written assessment.
Recommendation
Retain this assessment for 2024.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator and student feedback
Feedback
Provide more live and real opportunities for immediate feedback in relation to problem solving in the live zoom workshops.
Recommendation
Create more opportunities in the live workshops for students to get feedback on their problem - solving skills.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator and student feedback
Feedback
Reinforce the changing and volatile nature of employment law content in the current political environment.
Recommendation
Help students develop the skills to be comfortable with dynamic changes in the law during the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply Australian employment law, as encapsulated in legislation and common law, to practical issues.
  2. Research, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary sources of employment law in Australia.
  3. Interpret legal principles in the analysis of employment law disputes to identify obligations, rights and remedies and provide solutions to these disputes.
  4. Use skills in team work, communication, critical legal thinking and reasoning.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment