Employment Law

Employment Law Order Description BL6005 Employment Law for Professionals Assessment 3: Semin" rel="nofollow">inar based activity and coursework (50%) (2) Coursework component of the assessment (60% of marks available for this assessment) Required: Examin" rel="nofollow">ine and critically comment on the current UK law relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to in" rel="nofollow">industrial action (with particular reference to a worker’s “right to strike”) and the changes in" rel="nofollow">introduced by the Trade Union Act 2016. (You should give a very brief historical overview of the development of collective labour law and a detailed analysis of the current legal position regardin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">industrial action and the ‘right to strike.’) You should refer to relevant case law, legislation and in" rel="nofollow">international agreements where appropriate. Submission Date Friday Week 28 (19 May 2017) by 3.00 PM (on-lin" rel="nofollow">ine via WebLearn) Weightin" rel="nofollow">ing 60% of marks available for this assessment component. Word Count: 1,500-2,000 words (word count to be provided with the work) Font: Work must be typed: Arial or Tahoma format Font size: 12 Lin" rel="nofollow">ine spacin" rel="nofollow">ing: 1.5 Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing: You must reference sources used in" rel="nofollow">in the body of your answer. You MUST use the Harvard method Bibliography: Full bibliography at the end of the written work Cases cited: In the body of the written work in" rel="nofollow">in bold with the full citation e.g. Smith v Jones (2001) Statutes cited: Use capitals for the name of the statute or legislation e.g. The General Product Safety Regulations 2005. You may use an abbreviated form of the title after the first citation e.g. The Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) Sections of Statutes: Sections of a statute may be quoted as follows: section 98 as S.98 section 98 paragraph/subsection 2 – as S.98(2) Word limit The word limit +/- 10% is usual for courseworks and the excess will be penalised. Markers have a discretion to deduct up to 10 percentage poin" rel="nofollow">ints from a mark where the word limit beyond the 10% is exceeded. If markers suspect the limit has been exceeded without accurate disclosure they will conduct a rough estimate of words per lin" rel="nofollow">ine, lin" rel="nofollow">ines per page and the number of pages, and give students the benefit of the doubt if they can. If the word count is still well over/under the additional 10% word limit, up to 10% can be deducted, dependin" rel="nofollow">ing on the amount exceeded. Overall Quality: The written work submitted should be clear and coherent, correct in" rel="nofollow">in spellin" rel="nofollow">ing and grammar, proficient in" rel="nofollow">in flow, and demonstrate professional academic standards of presentation and style. Use of the first or second person will be severely penalised. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Your essay should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: ability to explain" rel="nofollow">in the issues clearly detailed and concise explanation of the legal issues critical analysis of the legal issues critical analysis of any problems raised by the current state of the law good structure and clear presentation logically arrived at conclusions supported by analysis appropriate references and bibliography Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing Criteria Grade A i) Evidence of wide research usin" rel="nofollow">ing appropriate sources ii) Use of a wide variety of sources iii) Complete referencin" rel="nofollow">ing of sources throughout iv) Complete and correctly cited bibliography v) A very good understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the question asked and of the issues raised therein" rel="nofollow">in vi) Excellent use of appropriate material relevant to the question asked vii) Excellent evidence of understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the legal issues in" rel="nofollow">involved, with a clear explanation of those issues supported by relevant authority viii) Excellent evidence of critical analysis of the issues relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to the question asked supported by relevant authority ix) Clear structure and presentation of the material in" rel="nofollow">in an appropriate format x) Clear conclusions appropriate to the question asked based upon the arguments presented xi) Clear recommendations, where appropriate, which are supported by the arguments presented Grade B i) Evidence of wide research usin" rel="nofollow">ing appropriate sources ii) Use of a wide variety of sources iii) Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing of sources throughout iv) Complete bibliography v) An good understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the question asked and of the issues raised therein" rel="nofollow">in vi) Good use of appropriate material relevant to the question asked vii) Good evidence of understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the legal issues in" rel="nofollow">involved, with a clear explanation of those issues supported by relevant authority viii) Good evidence of critical analysis of the issues relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to the question asked supported by relevant authority ix) Clear structure and presentation of the material in" rel="nofollow">in an appropriate format x) Clear conclusions appropriate to the question asked based upon the arguments presented xi) Clear recommendations, where appropriate, which are supported by the arguments presented Grade C i) Evidence of wide research usin" rel="nofollow">ing appropriate sources ii) Use of a variety of sources iii) Acknowledgement of sources iv) Complete bibliography v) An understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the question asked and of the issues raised therein" rel="nofollow">in vi) Use of appropriate material relevant to the question asked vii) Evidence of understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the legal issues in" rel="nofollow">involved, with an explanation of those issues supported by relevant authority viii) Evidence of critical analysis of the issues relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to the question asked supported by relevant authority ix) Clear structure and presentation x) Conclusions appropriate to the question asked xi) Recommendations, where appropriate Grade D i) Evidence of appropriate research ii) Use of a number of sources iii) Some acknowledgement of sources which are quoted or otherwise used directly iv) Bibliography v) Some understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the question asked and of the issues raised therein" rel="nofollow">in vi) Use of appropriate material relevant to the question asked vii) Evidence of some understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the legal issues in" rel="nofollow">involved, with an explanation of those issues supported by relevant authority viii) Evidence of some analysis of the issues relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to the question asked supported by relevant authority ix) Clear structure and presentation x) Conclusion appropriate to the question asked Fail i) Limited research ii) No bibliography iii) Serious misunderstandin" rel="nofollow">ing or misreadin" rel="nofollow">ing of the question asked and of the issues raised therein" rel="nofollow">in iv) Serious misunderstandin" rel="nofollow">ing or misstatement of the legal issues. Students cannot be given credit for authorities (legal or otherwise) which are misunderstood or are cited in" rel="nofollow">in support of the wrong proposition v) No attempt at analysis (i.e. reproduction of the material provided) vi) Vague, thin" rel="nofollow">in or nebulous answers that suggest only a superficial understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the law and which are unsupported by any relevant authority vii) Lack of structure and poor presentation viii) Brief superficial conclusion in" rel="nofollow">inappropriate to the question asked