Graduate Diploma in Labour Relations Law

Course 188-AA (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate

Contact

Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190
Course Overview:

Ongoing changes to laws governing the workplace and labour force in Australia mean that there is a growing need for knowledge and analysis of labour relations law. Melbourne Law School’s graduate program in labour relations law is ideal for legal practitioners, the public sector, private management and personnel services, trade unions and employer groups. Subjects cover issues relating to the regulation of working relationships and conditions, enterprise bargaining, discrimination, and health and safety. In-depth analysis of recent developments in this evolving area ensures that our program remains at the forefront of legal knowledge in this field.
Objectives:

The graduate programs in labour relations law focus on:

  • The identification, use and application of legal principles of Australian labour relations law
  • Emerging and contemporary issues in Australian labour relations law
  • Technical aspects of Australian labour relations law using historical, theoretical and practical perspectives
  • Evaluating and synthesising Australian labour relations law scholarship
  • The development of Australian labour relations law in an international (and comparative) context.
Subject Options:

All students must complete the three compulsory subjects and one of the optional subjects in the labour relations law program. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

Compulsory subjects

  • Bargaining at Work and Industrial Action*
  • Employment Law*
  • Regulating Working Conditions*

Optional subjects

  • Anti-Discrimination Law at Work*
  • International and Comparative Labour Law
  • Labour Law and Development
  • Trade Unions and Freedom of Association
  • Workplace Health and Safety

*Offered in 2009
Entry Requirements: Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Core Participation Requirements: N.A.
Graduate Attributes: For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Generic Skills: Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Links to further information: Law009729GGraduate Diploma in Labour Relations Law188-AA2009Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190Melbourne Law Masters, postgraduate law, post-graduate law, graduate law

Ongoing changes to laws governing the workplace and labour force in Australia mean that there is a growing need for knowledge and analysis of labour relations law. Melbourne Law School’s graduate program in labour relations law is ideal for legal practitioners, the public sector, private management and personnel services, trade unions and employer groups. Subjects cover issues relating to the regulation of working relationships and conditions, enterprise bargaining, discrimination, and health and safety. In-depth analysis of recent developments in this evolving area ensures that our program remains at the forefront of legal knowledge in this field.

For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.

The graduate programs in labour relations law focus on:

  • The identification, use and application of legal principles of Australian labour relations law
  • Emerging and contemporary issues in Australian labour relations law
  • Technical aspects of Australian labour relations law using historical, theoretical and practical perspectives
  • Evaluating and synthesising Australian labour relations law scholarship
  • The development of Australian labour relations law in an international (and comparative) context.
Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.

All students must complete the three compulsory subjects and one of the optional subjects in the labour relations law program. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

Compulsory subjects

  • Bargaining at Work and Industrial Action*
  • Employment Law*
  • Regulating Working Conditions*

Optional subjects

  • Anti-Discrimination Law at Work*
  • International and Comparative Labour Law
  • Labour Law and Development
  • Trade Unions and Freedom of Association
  • Workplace Health and Safety

*Offered in 2009

Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.N.A.LawFor the latest information on this subject, please visit: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/course/188AAmonths188-AA

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