• Offered by Law School
  • ANU College ANU College of Law
  • Classification Advanced
    Specialist
  • Course subject Laws
  • Areas of interest Law
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Cameron Roles
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Autumn Session 2014
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This course examines the legal regulation of work in the Australian Public Service. The diverse sources and changing balance of employment rights and obligations are examined - the contract of employment, legislation (both APS and more generally), administrative law and collective bargaining, including reforms to collective bargaining brought about by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

The course examines the legal regulation of work with particular attention to the Commonwealth public service. The diverse sources and changing balance of employment rights and obligations are examined - the contract of employment, legislation for the workplace, in particular the role of administrative law and the provisions of the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and subordinate legislation, minimum standards (both statutory and those contained in modern awards), and collective bargaining.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Students will acquire:

  1. an overview of the field of employment law;
  2. an understanding of the evolution of differences and similarities between public and private sector employment law; and
  3. insight into contemporary policy issues involved in legal regulation of employment generally and public sector employment specifically.




Indicative Assessment

Students must rely on the approved Means of Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks from the commencement of the course.

The indicative assessment is:
  1. A take-home examination    (2000 wds, 40%)
  2. A research essay (3000 wds, 50%)
  3. Seminar participation (10%).

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Workload

26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery) plus private study and reading time.

2014 Intensive course dates: 30 April & 1-3 May

For the current LLM Masters Program timetable please click here.

Requisite and Incompatibility

(Coreq LAWS8015) or (Enrolment in Program 6300 or 7300 or 7312) or (enrolment in 7330 and completed LAWS2201 and LAWS2202)

Prescribed Texts

Andrew Stewart, Stewart’s Guide to Employment Law (Federation Press, 3rd ed, 2011)

Marilyn Pittard and Phillipa Weeks (eds), Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century (ANU Epress, 2007


Preliminary Reading

A Course Outline will be posted on the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.

Assumed Knowledge

Non-lawyers must have completed LAWS8015 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial Law

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $1626
2014 $2808
2013 $2808
2012 $2808
2011 $2778
2010 $2718
2009 $2670
2008 $2670
2007 $2670
2006 $2646
2005 $2298
2004 $1926
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $2916
2014 $3762
2013 $3756
2012 $3756
2011 $3756
2010 $3750
2009 $3426
2008 $3426
2007 $3426
2006 $3426
2005 $3234
2004 $2916
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4684 30 Apr 2014 30 Apr 2014 09 May 2014 14 Jun 2014 In Person N/A

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