Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

LA30D Discrimination in Employment
	1. General This course will be taught in the first semester of Year III of the LL.B. programme. 2. Course Objective This course will attempt to examine the several broad areas of discrimination which exist in employment and posit solutions to the problem. It will draw on the increasing legislation on specific areas (such as race, equal pay), the ILO Conventions and case-law on the subject and the dynamic and contemporary jurisprudence which is emerging from the courts. The course will also attempt to straddle the public law arena as the underlying notions supporting legal solutions to the problem of discrimination in employment - from public law. As such, the subject area covered will satisfy both students wishing to enhance their appreciation of the dynamism of public law and labour law oriented students who are interested in the more contemporary issues in labour law. Further, it offers a rare opportunity to examine law operating in its proper context in society, an aim which the Faculty of Law has already embraced. 3. Course Content Types of discrimination to be covered will include Gender, Race, Hours of Work (part-timers), Nationality, Trade Union Membership, Aids, Privacy. Under the following topics:- i. Public Law elements involved in Discrimination in Employment Issues - The Constitution Judicial Review. 100 ii. The applicability of Public/Private Law Remedies. iii. The role of the ILO in eliminating discrimination in employment - The conventions and ILO case-law. iv. Gender Issues - Philosophical Underpinnings of Gender in Employment. v. Equal Pay and Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value. vi. Equal Access to Employment (Gender, Race) vii. Privacy and Discrimination. viii. Aids and Employment Law. ix. Issues of Race - New Legislative Initiatives on Relevant Case-law. x. Discrimination against Trade Union members legislative protection and the use of judicial review proceedings. 4. Method of Teaching This course will be taught by way of two lectures and one tutorial per week, each lecture and tutorial being of one hour duration. A seminar should be optional, depending on numbers. 5. Method of Assessment This course will be assessed by means of a two hour final examination at the end of the semester in which it is taught. Students will be required to answer three questions out of a total of six questions.