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Unit of Study LAW00106 - EEO and OH&S Law and Practice (2015)

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Unit description

Explores the application of equal employment opportunity and workplace health and safety legislation to the workplace. Students gain a working knowledge of EEO and work health and safety principles, the practice of these laws in the workplace and their importance in creating a healthy, safe and non-discriminatory workplace culture.

Unit content

Topic 1 Safety and equality at work
Topic 2 Discrimination at work
Topic 3 Harassment, vilification and victimisation
Topic 4 Managing EEO in the workplace
Topic 5 Managing diversity in the workplace
Topic 6 Resolving complaints about workplace discrimination
Topic 7 Managing health and safety at work
Topic 8 Rehabilitation and workers compensation

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Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 explain, apply and evaluate the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and work health and safety and explain their importance in the workplace
2 recognise discriminatory behaviours in the workplace;
3 apply accurately and evaluate the legal principles related to discrimination and Equal Opportunity, as enacted in Federal laws in legislation and case law;
4 recognise health and safety risks at work;
5 apply accurately and evaluate the legal principles related to work health and safety and workers compensation, as enacted in NSW laws in legislation and case law.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. explain, apply and evaluate the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and work health and safety and explain their importance in the workplace
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  2. recognise discriminatory behaviours in the workplace;
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. apply accurately and evaluate the legal principles related to discrimination and Equal Opportunity, as enacted in Federal laws in legislation and case law;
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. recognise health and safety risks at work;
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  5. apply accurately and evaluate the legal principles related to work health and safety and workers compensation, as enacted in NSW laws in legislation and case law.
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

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