MN32189: Employment law
[Page last updated: 23 May 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOI 100% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take MN22019 OR take MN22026 OR take MN20609 OR take MN20010 |
| Learning Outcomes: |
1. Students will gain a clear and definitive understanding of the diverse factors involved in the employment relationship.
2. Understand the different sources of law and principles which apply to this context.
3. Apply relevant employment law to work place scenarios. |
| Synopsis: | You will gain a definitive understanding of the diverse factors involved in the employment relationship and the different sources of law and principle which apply to this context.
You will gain a comprehensive insight into the legal framework of the employer/employee relationship and its impact on the parties directly involved and some wider social implications.
You will take part in a mock employment tribunal which involves drawing together the taught material in a practical application. |
| Content: | 1. Understand the Legal framework of Employment Law and its development. Employment tribunals - their role and composition; ACAS and other advisory bodies. Structure of the courts.
2. Relationship between contract law and statutory protection. Contracts of employment: incl. employees, workers, zero hour contracts and the gig economy. Express terms - written terms, variation clauses and restraint of trade clauses.
3. Contracts of employment: Implied terms - duties of the employee: of obedience; of co-operation; of fidelity; of skill and care and implied duties of the employer: to pay and indemnify; to provide work.
4. Termination of the contract of employment: Dismissal - meaning of constructive and summary dismissals. Contractual implications.
5. Termination of the contract of employment: Disciplinary and grievance procedures. Unfair dismissal - statutory rights; tests of fairness; justifications.
6. Discrimination: Statutory regimes and common factors; Equality Act and types of discrimination; Protected characteristics under the Equality Act.
7. Health & Safety at work: Liability in tort for: negligence; breach of contract; safety legislation. Vicarious Liability. Defences. |
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MN32189 is Optional on the following courses:School of Management
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