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
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
teacher profile teaching materials
• Historical development and current trends in labour law.
• Sources of labour law and trade union law; constitutional principles; European and international sources.
• Freedom of association and trade union organisation (outside and inside the workplace).
• Trade union representation and representativeness.
• Collective agreements: levels of bargaining, structure and personal scope of application.
• The right to strike and other forms of industrial action; regulation of strikes in essential public services (overview).
• Injunctions against anti-union conduct.
• The employment relationship: definition of employee status; boundaries with self-employment and quasi-subordinate work.
• Formation of the employment relationship. Contracts of employment: employment and self-employment (overview), main types of employment contract.
• Employee duties (co-operation, diligence, obedience, fidelity).
• Employer’s powers (managerial, monitoring and disciplinary powers) and their limits, with particular reference to the protection of workers’ dignity and privacy.
• Protection of the person, dignity and freedom of the worker; prohibitions of discrimination; pay and pay systems; working time and rest periods.
• Job classification and allocation of duties; the employer’s right to vary duties (jus variandi).
• Termination of the employment relationship: individual and collective dismissals; resignation, with or without just cause; basic framework of protection against unfair dismissal.
Programme
CONTENTS• Historical development and current trends in labour law.
• Sources of labour law and trade union law; constitutional principles; European and international sources.
• Freedom of association and trade union organisation (outside and inside the workplace).
• Trade union representation and representativeness.
• Collective agreements: levels of bargaining, structure and personal scope of application.
• The right to strike and other forms of industrial action; regulation of strikes in essential public services (overview).
• Injunctions against anti-union conduct.
• The employment relationship: definition of employee status; boundaries with self-employment and quasi-subordinate work.
• Formation of the employment relationship. Contracts of employment: employment and self-employment (overview), main types of employment contract.
• Employee duties (co-operation, diligence, obedience, fidelity).
• Employer’s powers (managerial, monitoring and disciplinary powers) and their limits, with particular reference to the protection of workers’ dignity and privacy.
• Protection of the person, dignity and freedom of the worker; prohibitions of discrimination; pay and pay systems; working time and rest periods.
• Job classification and allocation of duties; the employer’s right to vary duties (jus variandi).
• Termination of the employment relationship: individual and collective dismissals; resignation, with or without just cause; basic framework of protection against unfair dismissal.
Core Documentation
M. Esposito, L. Gaeta, A. Zoppoli, L. Zoppoli, Diritto del lavoro e sindacale, Giappichelli, Turin, latest edition.Attendance
Attendance is not compulsory.Type of evaluation
ASSESSMENT The final assessment will take into account students’ ability to classify the sources of labour law and the various contractual forms, to describe the mechanisms governing the management of an employment relationship from its formation to its termination, to recall the main stages in the development of the trade union system and to identify the key critical issues in a wrongly managed employment relationship. The examination will consist of an oral test based on three questions. Assessment will also focus on students’ ability to express themselves using appropriate legal terminology. A final mark will be awarded on completion of the oral examination