LW251-6-SP-CO:
Employment Law and Practice
2024/25
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
12 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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This module will enhance students' employability by developing advocacy, drafting, problem solving, research, presentation and analytical skills.
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce students to the practical application of employment law, the settlement of workplace disputes, the prohibition of discrimination insofar as it relates to the workplace, the termination of the employment relationship, and the requirements of bringing a claim to an Employment Tribunal.
- To explore the express and implied terms of the contract of employment, changes to terms and conditions of employment, and employee information and consultation.
- To develop students' knowledge of bringing claims before an employment tribunal and to develop their skills in drafting and advocacy before a tribunal.
- To place employment law in its social, economic, and political context.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Critically evaluate the practical application of employment law.
- Critically evaluate the operation of the contract of employment with reference to employment legislation and the wider social, economic, and political context within which employment relations operate;
- Apply skills of drafting and advocacy to a simulated employment tribunal claim.
The module will provide the student with an understanding of the relationship between employers and employees, as well as its social, economic, and political context. An important component of the module revolves around dispute resolution. Therefore, the module will deal with the practicalities involved in settling workplace disputes, communicating with clients, and bringing a claim to an employment tribunal. The module will enhance students' employability by, inter alia, developing, advocacy, drafting, problem-solving, research, presentation, and analytical skills.
To help you prepare in the best possible way for your tutorials, you will be completing regular tutorial tasks to enable you to reflect upon and track your progress, understand what you are doing well, and give you clear feedback to help you manage your studies and your progress.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Mid-term assessment |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Summative Assignment |
|
60% |
| Practical |
Presentations |
|
20% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Niall O'Connor, email: n.oconnor@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Niall O'Connor, Dr. Ugochukwu Obibuaku and Brontie Ansell
Law UG Education Administrators - lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
Yes
No
Yes
Dr Panagiotis Kapotas
Available via Moodle
Of 307 hours, 10 (3.3%) hours available to students:
297 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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