Learning objectives

The course is intended to provide the student with the knowledge of the basic legal mechanisms governing the health and safety management in both private and public organisation, in an inter-disciplinary perspective.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to elaborate on legal issues concerning the main topics of the subject - in both oral and written forms, individual and group work -, 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

The course focuses on the regulation of the employment relationship and the framework of protection for workers, at individual and collective level, with respect to the protection of their health and safety. A preliminary knowledge of the main institutes of labour law and trade union law is therefore required.

Program

The teaching program includes the presentation and discussion of the following topics: The system of sources: historical evolution, between the uni-European order and the internal order. Pre-constitutional, post-constitutional phase, impact of EU legislation. The principle of maximum technologically possible security in the system of uni-European and national sources. The relationship between art. 2087 of the civil code (general regulation) and legislative decree 81/2008 (special regulation). The system of responsibilities (civil, criminal and administrative). The safety obligation and criminal liability: the notions of employer, manager, supervisor and worker «in a preventive sense» pursuant to Legislative Decree 81/2008. The delegation of functions and the principle of effectiveness pursuant to art. 299 Legislative Decree 81/2008. The company prevention system: RSPP, competent doctor and RLS. The security obligation in cases of dissociation between the employer and the effective user of the service: contract, administration and secondment. Interferential risks. The notion of health and the object of risk assessment pursuant to art. 28 of Legislative Decree 81/2008. The psychosocial risks. Work-related stress and bullying. Maternity protection. The institutional system of prevention. Supervisory activity.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The teacher will use: a) lectures; b) in-depth studies through the analysis of cases, analysed and discussed in the classroom with the elaboration of short opinions c) disciplinary and interdisciplinary workshops with experts, organised remotely on a digital platform.

Learning assessment procedures

- for attending students, the oral test focuses on the analysis of a specific case study, delivered in advance by the teacher in the previous days, and on the guiding questions analyzed in class, concerning all the topics in the program. - for non-attending students, a single oral exam on the entire programme, starting from the discussion of the topics provided in the recommended textbook.

Evaluation criteria

Ability to discursively organize knowledge; ability to identify, apply in a coordinated way and systematically interpret the regulatory sources, even within a specific case; critical reasoning skills on the study carried out; quality of exposition, competence in the use of specialized vocabulary, effectiveness, linearity. Single oral exam with marks out of thirty.

Exam language

Italiano

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