Workplace Health and Safety

Subject 730-664 (2009)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2009. Search for this in the current handbook

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 7 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

April, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24 - 26 contact hours per subject.
Total Time Commitment: The time commitment for this subject depends on the candidates background and experience.
Prerequisites:

Students who have completed Health and Equality at Work may not undertake this subject.
Corequisites: N.A.
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements: N.A.

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Colin Fenwick
Subject Overview:

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Be able to apply, at an advanced level, the legal principles of Victorian occupational health and safety law in problem-solving exercises
  • Be able to analyse emerging and contemporary issues in Victorian and Australian occupational health and safety law and scholarship
  • Appreciate the industrial relations, economic and social contexts of injury and disease at the workplace, and its regulation
  • Be able to use historical, theoretical and practical perspectives to evaluate the way in which law can be used to prevent and compensate for illness and injury at work, and to rehabilitate workers suffering work-related illness and injury
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the development of Victorian and Australian occupational health and safety law in an international context.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

  • The problem of work-related injury and disease
  • The history of the legal regulation of health and safety at work
  • Standard setting under the Australian occupational health and safety statutes
  • State enforcement of the occupational health and safety legislation
  • Workers’ rights under the Australian occupational health and safety statutes
  • Workers’ compensation schemes in Australia
  • The rehabilitation of injured workers
  • The role and impact of the common law duty to provide a safe workplace.
Assessment:
  • Take-home examination (100%) (11–15 June)

    or
  • Research paper 10,000 words (100%) (20 July) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)
Prescribed Texts: Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Please visit the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this subject entry.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: Please see the Subject Objectives for this information.
Links to further information: P12.507Semester 1NLawLawYNNNParkvillePARKVILLEWorkplace Health and Safety730-664Assoc Prof Colin Fenwick200924 - 26 contact hours per subject.For the latest information on this subject, please visit: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/subject/730664Melbourne Law Masters, postgraduate law, post-graduate law, graduate law

Objectives:

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:

  • Be able to apply, at an advanced level, the legal principles of Victorian occupational health and safety law in problem-solving exercises
  • Be able to analyse emerging and contemporary issues in Victorian and Australian occupational health and safety law and scholarship
  • Appreciate the industrial relations, economic and social contexts of injury and disease at the workplace, and its regulation
  • Be able to use historical, theoretical and practical perspectives to evaluate the way in which law can be used to prevent and compensate for illness and injury at work, and to rehabilitate workers suffering work-related illness and injury
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the development of Victorian and Australian occupational health and safety law in an international context.

Syllabus:

Principal topics will include:

  • The problem of work-related injury and disease
  • The history of the legal regulation of health and safety at work
  • Standard setting under the Australian occupational health and safety statutes
  • State enforcement of the occupational health and safety legislation
  • Workers’ rights under the Australian occupational health and safety statutes
  • Workers’ compensation schemes in Australia
  • The rehabilitation of injured workers
  • The role and impact of the common law duty to provide a safe workplace.
  • Take-home examination (100%) (11–15 June)

    or
  • Research paper 10,000 words (100%) (20 July) (topic approved by the subject coordinator)
Core subject materials will be provided free of charge to all students. Some subjects require further texts to be purchased. Please visit the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this subject entry.Please see the Subject Objectives for this information.The time commitment for this subject depends on the candidates background and experience.Please see the subject homepage on the Melbourne Law Masters website for up to date timetable information.

Students who have completed Health and Equality at Work may not undertake this subject.

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