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Session No.	Topic	Sub Topics	Readings	Case list
01-02	Introduction to Employment Relations	Basics of Employment Relations Basics of Contracts	· Huiskamp, R. (1995). Regulating the employment relationship: an analytical framework. J. Ruysseveldt, R. Huiskamp & J. van Hoof, Comparative industrial and employment
03-05	Pre-employment Issues	Intent of offer/ Acceptance of offer	· NACE Guidelines for rescinded offer letters.	· IIT Mumbai job loss story · IIT Blacklist · Mata Consultancy · Wipro Case
		Rescinded / Deferred Job Offers / Detrimental Reliance	· Ganesh, S S and Padhi, M. (2016) Regulation and Governance of Employment Relations in Pre-Employment Phase: Towards A Conceptual Framework	· Flipkart –IIM A story · Legal notice to Grofers India
		Employment at Will / Notice Period / Cause for Exit	· Feinman, J. M. (1976). The development of the employment at will rule. The American Journal of Legal History, 20(2), 118-135. · Ballentine, L., & Clarke, M. (2004). " But It's in My Contract...!" When Employers Should (and Should Not) Use Employment Agreements. Employee Relations Law Journal, 30(3), 40-51.	· No Cause no notice – Business world article · The Other Side of the Table
06-09	Employment Bond and Issues	Employment Bond / Training Bond / Overseas Assignment Bond Breach of Contract and Remedies	· Padhi PK & Rao EM (2009). Employment Bond: Legal Status and Current Issues, ASLI Conference at University of Hong Kong.	· Corporate Bondage-Confessions of an Ex-Employee of XYZ · Employment Bond or extortion of Trust · Training bond story of Jet Airways and Jan Peter · Case- Sanctity of Contract and Public Interest: A case regulating employment relations in the Indian Airlines Industry
10-14	Employment Relations and Intellectual Property	Copyright, Patents, Work for Hire Contract and Promissory Estoppel	Open Source Development and Ownership issues
		Ownership, Authorship, Moral Rights Regulation		· Goddess Durga and the Copyright Demon · The birth of Pied Piper · We are seeking equal divisions for performing rights –Javed Akhtar Interview New Copyright Bill · Amarnath Sehgal · 3-idiots story · BCCL Vs Arnab Goswami Copyright issue
		Trade Related aspects of IPR (TRIPS)	· May C (2002).Trouble in E-Topia: Knowledge as Intellectual Property. Urban Studies, 39(5-6), 1037-1049	· Intellectual property and creative
		Trade Secrets as IPR and Protection of Trade Secrets through Non-Disclosure Agreement	· Harshvardhan and Keshari S, (2008). Trade Secrets: A Secret to Unveil. Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, 13, 208-217	· Case of Herbert Morris and Saxelby · Faccenda Chicken · Prout Vs British Gas · Chevron and Leeson
		Employee Inventions and Patents and Rightful Compensation		· Nakamura Vs Nichia Corporation · Hewett Vs Samsonite · Legal Puzzle: Amazon and former employee set for trial in unusual patent dispute
15-19	Restrictive Covenants	Introduction to Restrictive Covenants	· Vanko, K. J. (2000). You're Fired! And Don't Forget Your Non-Compete...”	· TEK Systems Inc Vs Hammernick et al
		Non Solicitation Agreement		· Pepsi vs coke case · Wipro and Beckman Coulter Case · American Express Bank case
		Approaches to Non-compete and Validity of Restrictive Covenants in India	· Validity of Non-Compete Covenants in India by Anoop Narayanan	· IBM sues HR Boss hired by Microsoft · Confidentiality or Restraint of Trade
20	Post-Employment and Gardening Leave	Garden Leave		· Quit Infy but Cant Join Rival for 6 months · Microsoft, Google in Legal battle · The story of Vishal Bhalla and TCS · Infosys reveals it paid its outgoing CFO 23 crores

Sr. No.	Component	Weightage (%)
1	Quiz ( Announced) 3	25
2	End Term Exam	40
3	Group Assignment	20
4	Story telling	5
5	Story Analysis Submission	10
	Total	100


The evaluation for the course would consist of the following components

Three announced online quizzes would be conducted, consisting of multiple choice/true/false type questions from the relevant readings and material provided through email and course web. A simple average of the quiz would be considered for giving out the final grade. There shall be no makeup quiz

The purpose of the group assignment is to promote collective learning. As a part of this component students are expected to form groups of 4-6. They are expected to prepare a video on real events to demonstrate any of the relevant themes/concepts learnt during the course.

Each of the stories is a case that the student has to narrate. Marks would be awarded for creativity, grasping of issues, theoretical elucidation.

The students are expected to submit the synopsis of the case study as well as the analysis of the case studies that would be covered during the course.

End term would be conducted as per the schedule.

Course involvement scores would be based on the overall assessment any initiative, like contributing a story to ER course based on one’s experience, to enrich the course design, content, process and outcome. Please note that unauthorized absence / late coming, unauthorized use of mobile phones in the class, or any other misbehavior would warrant negative scores.

Please note that the final grading would be as per institute norms. The final grading would be done after deducting/adding the relevant marks for course involvement

Students are expected to show the highest level of academic integrity in their submissions and assignments. Please note that students involved in academic dishonesty will be dealt with as per the Manual of Policies.

Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means. In an academic setting this may take any number of forms such as copying or use of unauthorized aids in tests, assignments, examinations, term papers, or cases; plagiarism; talking during in-class examinations; submission of work that is not your own without citation; submission of work generated for another course without prior clearance by the instructor of both courses; submission of work generated by another person; aiding and abetting another student’s dishonesty; and giving false information for the purpose of gaining credits.

NO NETWORK POLICY

All students are requested not to operate any network enabled devices such as cell phones, tabs, ipads or any other electronic network enabled devices inside the classroom during the ERMP sessions. In case you are compelled to carry it in person, you may keep it in the switched off mode. Anyone found to operate such devices during the session timings shall get penalized with a 10 marks deduction from the total evaluation scores for every incident of violation noted by the facilitator. The instructor may also impose any other suitable penalty as deterrence. No discussion or negotiation will be entertained at all with respect to this.