02590 - Trade Union Law

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide the student with the evolutionary framework of the subject starting from the peculiar combination between constitutional source and collective bargaining (so-called inter-union system), deepening the prerogatives of the union inside and outside the workplace, also considering the application problems and aspects that are relevant in the field of industrial relations.

Course contents

The following topics will be covered (but excluding public employment):

- Historical evolution of the discipline.

- Constitutional rules.

- The system of regulatory sources in multilevel regulation.

Trade union law:

- Trade union freedom.

- The forms of workers' representation in the company: R.s.a, R.s.u. and trade union rights in the workplace.

- Repression of anti-union conduct.

- Collective contracts and collective bargaining.

- Collective agreements: subjects, structure, subjective and objective effectiveness.

- The evolution of the rules on collective bargaining and the relations between collective agreements of different levels.

- The collective conflict.

Readings/Bibliography

Students can choose one of the following:

M.V. Ballestrero, Il diritto sindacale, Giappichelli, 2023;

Carinci F., De Luca Tamajo R., Tosi P., Treu T., Diritto del lavoro. Utet: Vol. 1. Il diritto sindacale, 2018

O. Mazzotta, Manuale di Diritto del lavoro, CEDAM, 2021;

R. Del Punta, Diritto del lavoro, Giuffré, 2021.

Teaching methods

Lectures, in Italian language.

Assessment methods

The final exam consists of an oral interview.

The valuation of the exam will be inspired, by way of example, at the following criteria:

scarcely sufficient preparation on the topics of the exam, poor critical ability and difficulty in using the technical-legal language → 18-21;

more than sufficient or discreet preparation on the topics of the exam with critical skills and use of technical-legal language → 22-25;

good or more than good preparation on the topics of the exam with adequate critical skills and ability in the use of the technical-legal language → 26-28;

substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics of the exam with high critical ability and full capacity in the use of the technical-legal language → 29-30-30L".

Office hours

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