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2. Student Learning Outcomes

· Be able to approach issues related to employment contract in a multi-dimensional way using economic, legal, relational, functional, social and ethical perspectives

3. Required Text Books and Reading Material

The “Employment Relations” Reading Material provided by the instructor.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number	Topics/Activities	Reading/case list etc.
01	Introduction to Employment Relations	Regulating the Employment Relationship: An Analytical Framework
02	Intent of Offer and Acceptance of Offer	At IIT Mumbai, Job Letters Turn into Pink Slips A Position Statement on Rescinded and Deferred Employment Offers
03	Rescinded / Deferred Job Offers / Detrimental Reliance	The Functions of Profit
04	Employment at Will / Notice Period / Cause for Exit	No Cause, No Notice When Employers Should and Should Not Use Employment Contract
05	Employment Bond / Training Bond / Overseas Assignment Bond	Training Bond Story of Jet Airways and Jan Peter
06	Training as a Trade Secret	Sanctity of Contract and Public Interest – A Case on Regulating Employment Relations in Indian Airline Industry
07	Breach of Contract and Remedies	Nature of Exchange and Regulating Exchange
08	Regulating Employment Relations	Internal, External and Mixed Regulation of Employment Relations
09	Copyright, Patents, Work for Hire Contract and Promissory Estoppel	Open Source Development and Ownership issues
10	Assignability / Transfer of IPR	Upaid Vs Satyam
11	Ownership, Authorship, Moral Rights Regulation	New Copyright Bill
12	Employment Contract, Intellectual Property Rights and Trade Related aspects of IPR (TRIIPS)	Trouble in E-Topia: Knowledge as Intellectual Property
13	Introduction to Restrictive Covenants	Hypercompetition: Pepsi Vs Coke
14	Freedom of Occupation Approach	Article 19 (G) Constitution of India and Indian Contract Act Sec (27)
15	Covenant per se in Invalid Approach / Presumption Against Enforcement Approach / Bad Faith Approach	The Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Involuntary Discharge Cases
16	Balancing Equities Approach and Freedom of Contract Approach	The Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants in Involuntary Discharge Cases
17	Non Solicitation Restrictive Covenant and Non Disclosure Restrictive Covenant	Who is a Customer and Whose Customer? The Story of American Express Bank Ltd.
18	Trade Secrets as IPR and Protection of Trade Secrets through Non-Disclosure Agreement	Trade Secret: A Secret to Unveil
19	Exclusivity Agreement and Non Solicitation Agreement	Partners for Life: The Story of Wipro Biomed and Beckman Coulter
20	Employee Non-Solicitation Agreements	The Story of Apple, Google, ABN Amro, SKS Microfinance

5. Evaluation

1. ER Exercises (40%)

The purpose of ER Exercise is to promote “Collective Learning” and a team of six members will be formed for this purpose. The inputs generated the teams will be discussed in the class. The detailed guidelines for ER Exercises will be given later.

2. Quiz (30%)

There will be two online quizzes conducted during the term. It will have multiple choice / true or false, objective type questions which are drawn from the readings, instructor’s presentation, and the relevant “ER Live” material. For more details, check the FAQ for quiz in the course web.

3. End-Term Examination (20%)

The End-Term will be a closed book exam evaluating the understanding of concepts and theories learned in the ER course.

4. Course Involvement (10%)

The measures of course involvement would be based on quality of preparation and performance in class exercises with reference to storytelling, role plays, debates and any other initiative to enrich the course design, content, process and outcome.

6. Academic Integrity

Students are expected to adhere to the guidelines given for ER Exercises, Quiz and End-Term. All evaluation components are closed book unless it is explicitly specified by the instructor. Bringing Reading materials, Power Point Presentations, any electronic gadget including laptop and mobile phone to the exam hall would disqualify the students from appearing for the component. Copying in ER Exercises, Quiz, and End-Term would invite “F” in the whole component or even in the entire course depending on circumstances. This would be applicable for those who aid copying as well as for those who copied the ideas from the other.