Level 3 Diploma in Vocational Paralegal Studies - Full Syllabus

Employment Matters

1. Discipline at Work
   1. The Draft Code of Practice
   2. Factors giving rise to summary dismissal
   3. Investigations
   4. Appeal procedures
2. Wrongful Dismissal
   1. The nature of the claim
   2. Avoidance of the claim
   3. Remedies
3. Unfair Dismissal
   1. Exclusions
   2. Types of dismissal
   3. Frustration
   4. Resignation
   5. Project termination
   6. Mutual termination
   7. Potentially fair types of dismissal
   8. Automatically fair dismissal
   9. Automatically unfair dismissal
4. Remedies for Unfair Dismissal
   1. Making a claim
   2. The remedies
5. Redundancy
   1. Exclusions
   2. The need for a dismissal
   3. Burden of proof
   4. Types of redundancy
   5. Offer of a suitable alternative employment
   6. Redundancy payment
   7. Trade Union consultation
6. Transfer of Undertakings
   1. Continuity of employment
   2. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981