82190 - Industrial Relations

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with a general knowledge of the main models of industrial relations, with a peculiar emphasis on the Italian one. At the end of the course students are able to: (a) understand the evolution and the present development of industrial relations in Italy and in other European Union countries; (b) understand the main issues related to collective bargaining and trade unions’ rights.

Course contents

- What industrial relations are about - theories and methods

- The relationship between industrial relations and the law

- The Actors of the system of industrial relations: trade unions, employers' associations, the State (and beyond?)

- The function and the functioning of collective bargaining

- The industrial actions

- The industrial relations within the legal system of the EU

- The industrial relations at international and global level

- The legal institutions of industrial relations in Europe

- European Works Council

- Digitalization and industrial relations: a matter of social dialogue?

- European Labour Authority and Social Dialogue

Readings/Bibliography

The book is compulsory both for attending and non-attending students.

Beryl ter Haar, Attila Kun, EU Collective Labour Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

The book is available at the Ruffilli Library.

Students can buy the e-book version.

Excluded chapters:

6, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27.

Teaching methods

Lectures, experts seminars, group work

 

Lectures and class discussions. Students will be asked to participate in class debates and to choose one session in which they will be asked to lead the discussion. By choosing a session, the student agrees to help lead discussion by introducing the topics, giving account of the issues to be considered in the discussion.

The scheduling of class debates will be organized in the first class.

Assessment methods

Written tests, based on a combination of multiple-choice and open questions.

Grading system (0-30 scale):

<18: fail.

18-19: fair.

20-23: more than enough.

24-26: good.

27-30: very good/excellent.

30 cum laude/with honor.

Solid command of legal English is considered a "plus".

Teaching tools

Teaching materials, PowerPoint presentations, readings, Courts decisions, will be uploaded in the institutional platform (at: iol.unibo.it), in an open sources format

Office hours

See the website of Leonardo Battista