Teaching code

4S02531

Academic staff

Laura Calafà, Alberto Mattei

Coordinator

Laura Calafà

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

IUS/07 - LABOUR LAW

Period

1° periodo lezioni (1A), 1° periodo lezioni (1B)

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is intended to provide the student with the knowledge of the system of labour law and industrial relations, as functional to the management of human resources and of the relationship with trade unions, in both private and public organisations.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify the relevant categories as well as elaborate on legal issues concerning the main topics of the subject, in both oral and written forms, developing proper reasoning and argumentation, using an appropriate and specific vocabulary, reaching independent judgement on actual cases, adopting a method based on continuous learning and knowledge updating.

Prerequisites and basic notions

There are no propedeuticities (mandatory preliminary exams) to take the exam.

Program

The labour law course aims at analysing labour law in a broad sense, trade unions law included, comparing public sector and private sector rules. The system of regulatory sources: historical development, in the EU and domestic legal systems. Pre-Constitutional and Post-Constitutional phases, impact of the EU sources. Particular attention is paid to the legal regulation of the individual employment contract and to the relationships between labour law and the market as well as to the so called “administration” of the labour relationship. The historical overview of the whole discipline, strike-related rules included, is followed by the analysis of the articulated system of sources of labour law, with particular regard to statutory law, so called collective autonomy sources, collective agreements and concertation systems between social partners. Particular attention is paid to the trade unions topic in the public sector.
Laboratory Program (1 CFU, 12 hours)
Contract and collective bargaining in public and private employment

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Didactic methods

For A.Y. 24-25, lectures will be delivered in-person; the workshop devoted to collective bargaining will be delivered remotely, via streaming, outside the scheduled working hours for face-to-face lectures. Time and manner will be agreed with the students taking the course, with the start of the course and with the presentation of the calendar. The Labor and Trade Union Law course is included in the dedicated platform of Panopto for workers.
The teaching methods consist of face-to-face lectures dedicated to the transmission of basic notions, key-categories and fundamental application tools; this is complemented by exercises with the support of particularly significant case law pronouncements, useful for the implementation of theoretical knowledge. In addition, thanks in part to the University's e-learning platform, specific readings are offered to update a discipline that is the subject of continuous attention by the legislature, as well as activities for self-assessment of learning in itinere.
The lectures will be recorded and made available to students on the teaching MOODLE platform.
In addition, throughout the academic year, the individual reception service run by the lecturer is available at the times indicated on the web pages (without the need to make a specific appointment) and constantly updated.
Students attending lectures (in-person or distance) will receive at the first lecture the complete calendar of teaching activities with the dates and topics covered in the lectures whose schedule, classroom and indication of any suspension for academic reasons of the lecturer is provided.
Those who are unable to attend classes on the basis proposed in the teaching calendar can make an up-to-date textbook study of the discipline.
The contents of the textbooks as well as the lectures and exercises given in the classroom adhere to the syllabus. Additional teaching materials useful for understanding the topics covered are available on the teaching e-learning platform.

Learning assessment procedures

In A.Y. 24-25 there will be a written midterm examination at the end of Semester 1A, on the dates provided in the official calendar. The written test will be followed by an oral test to complete the syllabus on the dates provided in the official examination calendar of the course of study. Workshop related tests complete the final test. Students will be provided with a detailed calendar of the lessons, with their specific dates and contents.
Non-attending students will be provided with the support of an up-dated text-book. The content of this text-book is consistent with the topics analysed and discussed in the classroom lessons. Students can also get access to the additional materials available on the e-learning platform. ERASMUS students are requested to make contact with the lecturer at the beginning of the courses to agree together on the teaching and assessment test arrangements.

Evaluation criteria

The written test includes open-ended and multiple-choice questions and is designed to test understanding of the topics covered in the first part of the course (sources, collective bargaining, autonomy, in public and private employment).
The single oral test consists of an interview aimed at verifying:
- the depth and comprehensiveness of knowledge gained;
- language skills
- the ability to develop knowledge in a systemic way;
- the analytical and argumentative capacity.
The Workshop dedicated to contract and collective bargaining (in public and private employment) will be evaluated because of the active participation of the participating student associated with the correctness of the proposed settings/solutions (in-person) or by the correct delivery of the tasks assigned during the workshop (for those who participate remotely, in asynchronous mode, such as students enrolled in the Panopto for Workers pathway).

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The written test weighs 40% of the overall grade which is based on a 30-point scale.
The oral test weighs 40% of the overall grade which is based on a 30-point scale.
The Lab devoted to contract and collective bargaining (in public and private employment) weighs 20% of the overall grade which is based on a 30-point scale.
The award of honors is linked to the following assessment of the examination paper: complete autonomy of the student, complete control of the discipline, particularly appreciable critical and argumentative ability of the student.

Exam language

Italiano

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