Welcome:
Welcome to the first night of the Law and the Worker module, please see details of the ten week teaching plan below. We have a busy few weeks ahead.
This week I have included the first of the weekly quizzes below, if you have any problems, please let me know.
The core readings are included below also, these will be referred to throughout the course and specific ones will be assigned for focus on a weekly basis.
I hope that you enjoy the module and if you have any difficulties please do contact me.
Roisin
The content covered for the 10 weeks will be as follows: 
- Introduction to the Irish Legal System and Labour Law
- The Employment Contract
- Unfair Dismissals (UD), Redundancy and Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment (TUPE)
- The Industrial Relations Acts and The 1990 Act (Rachael Ryan)
- Protective Leave including Sick Leave
- Precarious Contracts
- Payment of Wages Act (POWA) and Minimum Wage
- Organisation of Working Time Act (OWTA)
PowerPoint Presentation:
Please find the PowerPoint Presentation for week one here
Reading:
The following chapters from Wallace et al will be referred to throughout the module:
Chapter 2 Collective Labour Law in a Historical, Social and Political Context
Chapter 6 Individual Employment Law
Chapter 7 Collective and Individual Workplace Procedures
Reference: Wallace, J., Gunnigle, P., McMahon, G. and O’Sullivan, M. (2013) Industrial Relations in Ireland, 4th, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
You will find this week’s reading here, this is an extract from the draft TUF guide – The Irish Legal System Labour Law- An Overview
Additional Readings:
Please find all additional readings for this week here
Quiz
As part of your continuous assessment the completion of the weekly quiz is mandatory and with 10% of the overall module marks awarded for the quiz.