Master of Employment and Labour Relations Law

Major shifts in laws governing the workplace and labour force in Australia mean there is a growing need for knowledge and analysis of employment and labour relations law. Melbourne Law School's graduate program in employment and labour relations law is ideal for legal practitioners, the public sector, private management and personnel services, trade unions and employer groups.

Our program caters for legal practitioners in the field, as well as non-lawyers with experience and interest in the legal regulation of employment and labour relations. The subject Principles of Employment Law is designed to be of particular assistance to students without previous (or recent) legal study in the area.

Subjects in the program cover issues relating to minimum labour standards, enterprise bargaining, discrimination, and health and safety. In-depth analysis of recent developments in this complex and evolving area ensures the program remains at the forefront of legal knowledge in this field.

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.

It is recommended that students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction undertake Employment Law before other compulsory subjects.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed lists (including the three compulsory subjects). Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete eight subjects from the prescribed list (including the three compulsory subjects).