76087 Workplace Health and Safety Law
6cpRequisite(s): 70211 Contracts AND 70311 Torts
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
Workplaces are changing rapidly. The onset of technology has wrought a revolution arguably as big as the Industrial Revolution. Creating a safe working environment in this rapidly changing landscape is a challenge for employers, directors, management, employees, government, independent contractors and the self-employed. Lawyers working in policy, private practice, the Courts and in business have a vital role to play in ensuring that people are safe in the work they do.
The subject brings together material from workplace health and safety legislation, torts, contract, criminal law and employment law in a package that recommends itself to students with an interest in employment law, lawyers in practice who want to develop a thorough grounding in this specialist area of practice and to those in management or in unions who have responsibility for workplace health and safety.
The subject take an historical perspective so that students understand how we got to where we are today and have a perspective on what is on the horizon for this dynamic area of law.
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
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- Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Access conditions
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