SITXGLC002 - Identify and manage legal risks and comply with law

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Unit code: SITXGLC002 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
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Location
Footscray Nicholson
Industry
Prerequisites
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify and manage legal risks and comply with laws applicable to specific business operations. It requires the ability to identify legal risks, access and interpret regulatory information, and determine action required to manage legal risks and to comply with applicable laws.
The unit applies to legal issues arising in day-to-day business operations in all tourism, travel, hospitality and event sectors.It applies to senior personnel who operate with limited guidance from others and who are responsible for making a range of operational business and legal risk management decisions.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • identify six different legal risks requiring risk management and legal compliance for the operations of a specific tourism, travel, hospitality or events business
  • develop risk management strategies and legal compliance actions for each of the six legal areas above
  • integrate the risk management strategies and legal compliance actions into operational planning activities for each of the six legal areas above
  • identify sources of information and advice on risk management and legal compliance for each of the six legal areas above.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • legal advantages and disadvantages, risks and benefits of different business operation structures:
  • sole trader
  • partnership
  • company
  • sources of information and advice on legal risk management and compliance:
  • local, state, territory or Commonwealth government departments or regulatory agencies
  • plain English documentation that explains the operational requirements of legislation
  • computer data
  • the internet
  • discussions with experienced industry personnel
  • industry:
  • accreditation operators
  • associations and organisations
  • developers of codes of conduct or ethics
  • journals
  • seminars
  • lawyers
  • libraries
  • personal observations and experience
  • reference books
  • training courses
  • functions of regulatory authorities relevant to the tourism, travel, hospitality and events industries
  • methods of receiving updated information on managing legal risks and compliance requirements
  • strategies for managing legal risks and legal compliance
  • primary components of legal principles and of local, state, territory and Commonwealth government laws to which all types of businesses must comply:
  • anti-discrimination, including provisions for equal employment opportunity (EEO) and harassment
  • anti-trust laws ("restrictive trade practices"), including the prohibitions on anti-cartel, resale price maintenance and third line forcing
  • Australian Consumer Law (ACL), including provisions for refunds, exchanges and cancellations, terms and conditions of quotations and consumer contracts
  • contract formation and content
  • copyright law
  • duty of care and negligence
  • e-commerce and social media
  • employer superannuation contributions
  • Fair Work Act 2009, including provisions for National Employment Standards (NES)
  • insurance, including public liability and professional indemnity insurance
  • privacy law
  • trade mark law
  • work health and safety
  • workers’ compensation, including provisions for injury reporting and occupational rehabilitation
  • laws, codes, standards and licensing requirements that impact on specific operators in the tourism, travel, hospitality and event industries and are applicable to the individual’s context:
  • Criminal Code Act 1995 as it relates to child sex offences outside Australia
  • European Economic Directive of Foreign Travel
  • food safety
  • Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
  • liquor licensing, including responsible service of alcohol
  • Queensland Tourism Services Act 2003
  • Residential Tenancy Act
  • responsible conduct of gaming regulation
  • for each relevant law, code, standard and licensing requirement listed above:
  • objectives and primary components
  • key practices and legal risks that need to be managed
  • key actions needed to manage the legal risks and comply with the law
  • main consequences of failure to manage the legal risks or non-compliance with the law
  • requirements for record keeping and acceptable record keeping mechanisms
  • opportunities to maintain knowledge of legal risks and legal risk management and compliance requirements:
  • participating in industry seminars
  • membership of professional industry associations
  • participating in training courses.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management
SIT60322 | Advanced diploma | Duration:
Diploma of Event Management
SIT50322 | Diploma | Duration:
Diploma of Hospitality Management
SIT50422 | Diploma | Duration:

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