Human Resource Management (HRMT) 322
Employment Law (Revision 4)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online or grouped study**
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)
Prerequisite: None
Faculty: Faculty of Business
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HRMT 322 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
HRMT 322 introduces students to Canadian individual employment law. It explores the rules that govern the relations between employers and employees, primarily in non-unionized workplaces. This course includes such subject areas as identifying a contract of employment, creation and modification of the employment relationship, the common law obligations of employee and employer, the employer's statutory obligations to its employees, human rights legislation in the workplace, and the termination of employment. This course concentrates on individual employment law. It generally excludes the law dealing with the processes of negotiating and enforcing terms and conditions of employment in situations where a union is involved and a collective agreement is entered into between the employer and the union, on behalf of its members. By examining the twin pillars of the law—the common law and employment legislation—we will attempt to fill an important knowledge gap for people involved in any aspect of management or labour relations.
Outline
- Unit 1: Introduction to Employment Law
- Unit 2: Hiring: Creation of the Employment Relationship
- Unit 3: Common Law Issues During the Course of Employment
- Unit 4: Statutory Law Issues During the Course of Employment
- Unit 5: Human Rights Issues During the Course of Employment
- Unit 6: Termination of Employment
- Unit 7: Employment Law and the Future of Work
Evaluation
To receive credit for HRMT 322: Employment Law, you must complete and submit four assignments, achieve a combined average of at least 50% on all four assignments, participate in a minimum of four online discussions (worth 10% of your final mark), and achieve a grade of at least 50% on the Final Examination.
If your combined assignments grade or your Final Examination grade is below the minimum passing grade, you will not receive credit for this course, even if your overall course grade exceeds a mark of "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite course grade is as follows:
Assignment 1 | 15% |
Assignment 2 | 10% |
Assignment 3 | 10% |
Assignment 4 | 20% |
Discussion Participation | 10% |
Final Examination | 35% |
Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.
Course Materials
Textbook
Filsinger, K.J. (2010), Employment Law for Business and Human Resources Professionals, 2nd edition. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications Limited.
Digital Reading Room
Many of the articles, statutes, and court cases you are required to read are available online, and you can access them in one central location: the Athabasca University Library Digital Reading Room. You can access the DRR at any time by clicking the DRR link in the left-hand column of your course.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
To receive credit for the HRMT 322 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least “D” (50 percent) on the examination.
Online Exam
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 4, October 11, 2012.
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