LLM 620 MANAGEMENT OF LEGAL RESOURCES
This course provides future business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, managers, lawyers and students intending to enter the workforce with an introduction to the law of the workplace. The course provides for an examination of the various employment laws with which businesses located in United Arab Emirates (UAE) must comply and the legal rights and responsibilities of employees and employers. It aims at enabling students to identify solutions and/or avoid workers disputes in the workplace. The course also includes comparisons with US and UK employment laws. The course explains the legal aspects of human resources by focusing on the three basic stages of the employment life cycle: hiring, managing and terminating. The emphasis is on laws and regulations concerning the hiring process; equal employment opportunity with respect to discrimination and harassment because of some specific employee’s characteristics protected by workplace laws; workplace security and privacy including occupational health and safety; the regulatory environment referring to workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation and minimum wage laws; labor relations, collective bargaining and dispute resolutions; termination of employment and severance pay; special employment requirements for UAE expatriates.
Offered
Term 2