EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW

IUS/07 - 7 CFU - 2° semestre

Docente titolare dell'insegnamento

VERONICA PAPA


Obiettivi formativi

Knowledge and comprehension
The course aims to offer an overall frame of the EU social law and policy’s evolution through the years, essentially focusing on the changing role of social rights within the internal market building process. After such a general introduction, specific attention will be given to some of the main topics currently debated on a European scale: The application of the European Charter of Fundamental rights in the ECJ case law; Freedom of movement of workers and jobseekers; Anti-discrimination law; Transfer of undertakings; Fixed term contracts; Voluntary and involuntary part time; Posting of workers and freedom to provide services; European social dialogue; Collective redundancies; European Works Councils
Ability to turn knowledge and comprehension into practice
At the end of the course, students will gain understanding of European social law and an advanced knowledge both in national and European labour law. These competencies are really necessaries in globalised economic systems to understand fundamental principles of social law and labour market.
Autonomous evaluation capabilities
During the lessons, a didactic method will be constantly used to explain the different politics of law options underlying the social legislation and the Court of Justice case-law, in order to improve the students’ capacities towards a critical learning of the different regulatory choices intertwined in the field of Labour law.
Learning ability
Periodic self-assessment tests will be carried out in class, through which the students' on-going learning rate will be checked with respect to the topics previously treated
Communication skills
The course aims to increase the student's ability to communicate and transfer the concepts learned. To this end, active participation is encouraged, by prompting students to raise questions or to report about the topics dealt with in the course of the lessons.


Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

Frontal teaching and study in groups- All along the course a case-law oriented approach will be followed. Students might be are required to read some cases in advance and to discuss them in class.

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Informazioni per studenti con disabilità e/o DSA
A garanzia di pari opportunità e nel rispetto delle leggi vigenti, gli studenti interessati possono chiedere un colloquio personale col docente in modo da programmare eventuali misure compensative e/o dispensative, in base agli obiettivi didattici ed alle specifiche esigenze.È possibile rivolgersi anche al docente referente CInAP (Centro per l’integrazione Attiva e Partecipata - Servizi per le Disabilità e/o i DSA) del nostro Dipartimento, prof. Condorelli.


Prerequisiti richiesti

Per le propedeuticità formali consultare il regolamento didattico della coorte di riferimento disponibile nella pagina dedicata http://www.lex.unict.it/it/chi-siamo/regolamenti-didattici-del-corso-di-laurea-magistrale-ciclo-unico-giurisprudenza-lmg01



Frequenza lezioni

Warmly recommended.



Contenuti del corso

An introduction to EU labour law: from the founding Treaties to enlargement and economic crisis - The changing paradigm of EU labour and their critical relationships with internal market law will be discussed - The role of the European Charter of Fundamental rights in labour law - An illustration of the two traditional pillars of EU labour law (freedom of movement and anti-discrimination legislation) will follow. In the last part of the course, secondary legislation of the Union in the social field will be discussed by focussing on the provision and on the related ECJ case law on: transfer of undertakings and collective dismissals. atypical work, posted workers.



Testi di riferimento

Jaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law, Intersentia, 2019, with limited reference to 4 or 5 chapters of the book, that will be selected during the course.


Altro materiale didattico

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Programmazione del corso

 ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1European Labour Law: scope and sourcesJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
2Labour law ''of'' and Labour Law ''in'' the EU Assigned reading materials on line (Studium)  
3Labour law and internal market lawJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
4The role of the European Charter of Fundamental rights in Labour law Assigned reading materials on line (Studium)  
5Freedom of movement of workersJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
6 Posting of workers and freedom to provide servicesJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
7Non discrimination and equal treatmentJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
8Fixed-term workJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
9Temporary agency workJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
10Working timeJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
11Transfer of undertakingsJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
12Collective dismissalsJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  
13European Social dialogueJaspers T. - Pennings F. - Peters S. (eds), European Labour Law  


Verifica dell'apprendimento


MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO

Oral examination - Presentation by students in class.

The test/exam will be assessed according to the following criteria established by the Board of the Degree Course (September 17, 2018):

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.


ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI

Social policy and economic crisis

The application of the European Charter of Fundamental rights in the ECJ case law

Freedom of movement of workers and jobseekers

Indirect discrimination

Age discrimination

The legal notion of transfer of undertakings

Abusive fixed term contracts

Voluntary and involuntary part time

Posting of workers and freedom to provide services

The Laval quartet

Collective redundancies




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