LC7037 - Employment Law and Practice (2023/24)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2023/24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Module title | Employment Law and Practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Module level | Masters (07) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 13.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Guildhall School of Business and Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Running in 2023/24(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
The Employment Law and Practice Module covers most aspects of contentious employment law including unfair dismissal, redundancy and equality law. It also includes the procedural steps to bring or defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
The module aims to teach students how to act for clients who want to bring or defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
Prior learning requirements
Stage 1
Syllabus
The Contract of Employment
Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy
Discrimination Law and Practice
Cover all Learning Outcomes
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
8 one-hour Tutor Led Sessions and 8 two-hour Student Led Sessions. The TLS are one week ahead of the SLS to allow students time for reflection. Students are required to carry out pre-reading and tasks as preparation for each session.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this elective students should:
1. Appreciate the nature of Employment Law and Practice
2. Be able to locate and use electronic and paper sources of employment law
3. Understand the different institutions and individuals in employment law and practice and their interrelationship
4. Be able to identify and perform the steps required to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
Element 1 – The Contract of Employment
Students should be able to:
1. appreciate the essential terms of the contract of employment
2. be able to advise on the contents and controls on the contract of employment including statutory controls
Element 2 – Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy
Students should be able to:
1. Appreciate the difference between wrongful and unfair dismissal
2. Analyse facts, identify issues and apply the law relating to unfair dismissal and redundancy in a transaction based context
3. Advise the client on the law relating to unfair dismissal and redundancy including advice on remedies.
4. Draft the documents necessary to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal
5. Advise the client on the possible methods of funding litigation in the Employment Tribunal
6. Identify the appropriate methods of resolving disputes in the employment tribunal including advice on the role of ACAS, Early Conciliation,
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the Tribunal’s case management powers and the procedure to be followed at the Tribunal hearing
Element 3 - Discrimination Law and Practice
Students should be able to:
1. Analyse facts, identify issues and apply the law relating to discrimination law in a transaction based context
2. Advise the client on the law relating to discrimination including advice on remedies
3. Draft the documents necessary to bring and defend proceedings in the Employment Tribunal.
Assessment strategy
The assessment is an open book exam with advance disclosure of documents and is of a transactional nature. This form of assessment is designed to replicate practice and enable students to demonstrate the application of legal principles in a realistic, practical context.
Students are given a formative assessment and receive examiners' guidance.
Students are required to complete a mock exam and are given formative feedback.
Bibliography
Basic Text
Employment Law and Practice Manual, University of Law Publishing
Online Materials
Supporting WebLearn materials and student study materials