Library Guides: Bachelor of Laws: Employment Law

The area of law concerned with the relationship between the employer and the individual employee. It differs from industrial law. Employment law regulates the formation, performance, and termination of a contract of employment as the basis of the employment relationship.
(Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary, 2015)

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eBooks

Macken's Law of Employment

(2022)

Principles of employment law

(2018)

Nutshell: Employment Law

(2018)

Employment, Labour and Industrial Law in Australia

(2017)

Stewart's Guide to Employment Law

(2021)

Employment Law - Case Summaries

(2015)

Lawyers Practice Manual - Victoria

Provides practical guidance on how to complete legal tasks. Includes practical hints, precedents, letters and standard forms.

Employment law
Minimum employment entitlements; Employment relationship; Claiming underpayment or non-payment of entitlements; Workplace bullying; Dismissal generally; Unfair dismissal; General protections; Employment-related discrimination claims

Laws of Australia - Legal Encyclopaedia

Individual Employment
Introduction; Identifying Employment Relationship; Formation of Employment Contract; Statutory Impact on Formation of Employment Contract; Sources of Employment Obligations; Rights and Duties of Parties; Variation of Employment Contracts; Termination of Employment Contracts; Remedies for Breach of Contract; Statutory Remedies on Termination of Employment
Discrimination
Introduction; Discrimination: grounds and definition; Prohibition of discrimination in work context; Exceptions; Sexual harassment
Australian Industrial Relations System
Introduction; Constitutional powers; Federal institutional framework; Federal industrial relations system in operation; Relationship between federal and State systems; State industrial systems
Awards and Workplace Agreements
Introduction; Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements, Enforcement of Awards and Workplace Agreements, Transfer of Business
Workers' Compensation
Introduction; Entitlement; Benefits; Rehabilitation; Common Law Damages; Insurance; Dispute Resolution; Administration
Regulation of Industrial Organisations
Introduction; Background; Structure of Organisations; Organisations in the Workplace
Regulation of Industrial Conflict
Introduction; Common law; Statute; Limitations and immunities
Occupational and Work Health and Safety
Introduction; Common law liability for injury at work; Statutory regulation of occupational and work health and safety

Halsbury's Laws of Australia - Legal Encyclopaedia

Employment Law Resources on CCH Intelliconnect

CCH is a legal publisher that produces a collection of employment law resources including:

Australian Employment Tracker
An alert service for the latest employment law news.
Australian Recruitment and Termination Guide
Provides detailed commentary and analysis on all aspects of recruitment and termination of employment in Australia.

Additional Employment Law Resources

College of Law Practice Papers (Employment and Industrial Relations) - Lexis Advance
Practice Paper EI101 Overview of Employment Law
Practice Paper El102 Overview of Industrial Relations

Journals in Print and Online

AGIS (Attorney Generals Information Service) - is the leading legal journals database in Australia. Use AGIS to search hundreds of journals for articles about Employment Law.

If you wish to browse, then the journals below may be useful places to start.

Related Subjects in VU Catalogue

Employment Law Web Sites

International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO is the international organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards.
National Institute of Labour Studies / Flinders University
The National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) specialises in research and consulting in the fields of work and labour markets.
Fair Work Commission
The Fair Work Commission is Australia's national workplace relations tribunal. It is an independent body with power to carry out a range of functions under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
Worksafe Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria is the state’s health and safety regulator and manager of Victoria’s workers compensation scheme.
Australian Employment and Labour Law Library - AustLII
Is a 'virtual dynamic library' containing nearly 400,000 subject specific primary and secondary legal documents