Human Resource Management (HRMT) 322

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 per cent). The weighting of the composite course grade is as follows:

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbook

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 per cent) on the examination.

Paper Exam

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form