22910154 - Labour law

The course is aiming at attaining the basic notion of labour law and industrial relations and the competence of the most relevant legal features for the administration and development of human resources, both in the private context and the in public.
The students will acquire the essential legal knowledge for employee hiring, development and ending of labour relationship.
Knowledge and understanding:
- Learning of basic notion of labour law and industrial relations
- Identification and understanding of all the sources of labour law and industrial relations
Applying knowledge and understanding
- Acquisition of the essential legal knowledge for employee hiring, development and ending of labour relationship
Making judgements
- Evaluating and identifying the best collective agreement to be applied to the employment relationship and the best solutions for the correct management of the relations with the trade unions
- Evaluating and selecting the best solutions for the correct management of the employment relationship
Communication skills
- Using the skills acquired in the management of relations between employer and workers, on the one hand, and between employer and trade union organizations, on the other.
Learning skills
- Knowledge to select the rules for the solution of issues related to the management of employment relationships and the relationships with the trade unions in the work place

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Programme

Historical evolution and tendencies of labour law. Sources.
Constitutional principles. European and International sources.
Trade union freedom and trade unions organisation (inside and outside the firm).
Collective agreements. Strikes and other typologies of trade union disputes.
Repression of anti-union behavior.
Work relationship. The origin of employment relation.
Employment contracts: subordinated, autonomous, flexible contracts.
The duties of employees (cooperation, diligence, obedience, loyalty)
The powers of the employer (directive, control and disciplinary).
The protection of the person, dignity and freedom of employees: the non-discrimination law, wages (wages systems) working hours, breaks, tasks.
The termination of the employment relationship: individual and collective dismissals.
The correlation between work supply and demand Public and private placement services. Selection and hiring of workers.
Requalification and conversion of workers' skills.



Core Documentation

G. Santoro Passarelli, Diritto dei lavori e dell’occupazione, Giappichelli, Torino, latest edition (2021)

Type of delivery of the course

Oral exam. In the event of an extension of the health COVID-19 emergency, all the provisions governing the methods of carrying out teaching activities and student evaluation will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will be applied: remote lessons, remote oral exam.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam. In the event of an extension of the health COVID-19 emergency, all the provisions governing the methods of carrying out teaching activities and student evaluation will be implemented. In particular, the following methods will be applied: remote lessons, remote oral exam.