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75758 - Labour Law

Academic Year 2026/2027

                
                        Docente:
                        Emanuele Menegatti
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        GIUR-04/A
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        In-person learning (entirely or partially)
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Management and Economics (cod. 6614)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 15, 2026 to Dec 11, 2026

Learning outcomes

The integrated course “Labour and Commercial Law” aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework regulating business activities and employment relationships in both national and international contexts. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: - understand the fundamental principles of business, company, competition, and labour law; - identify and apply the appropriate legal forms and contracts for conducting business and managing employment relationships; - compare civil law and common law systems, particularly regarding company structures and international contracts; - interpret corporate governance principles and the rights and responsibilities of directors and shareholders; - use legal tools to manage labour relations and adapt to emerging models of work; - integrate knowledge of commercial and labour law to effectively organize and manage the factors of production — labour and capital — within firms. The course equips students with the essential legal competences for operating in complex organizational and business environments at both domestic and international levels.

Course contents

The course is delivered within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair “ESP – European Social Policy”, funded under the ERASMUS+ programme (ERASMUS-JMO-2023-HEI-TCH-RSCH).

It will deal with the following topics: The distinction between employment and self employment (Who is an employee?). Labour law sources. Trade Union Freedom, Organization and activities. Collective bargaining: content, procedures, subjects. The labour market regulation. The establishment of the employment relationship. The object of the employment contract: tasks and jus variandi. The employee's duties: diligence, obedience, loyalty. The employer's powers. Workplace health and safety. Working time regulation. Pay. The suspension of the employment relationship (leaves and short-time working scheme). The termination of the employment relationship: the individual dismissal, collective redundancies, the indemnities. Outsourcing and labour law. The employment of "international" workers. Flexible employment contracts.

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested bibliography for attending and non-attending students:

F. Carinci, E. Menegatti (edited by), Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Italy, IPSOA Wolters Kluwer, 2015, with the exclusion of chapters VIII, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVI.

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions on topical subjects

Assessment methods

Oral examination, aimed at verifying the assimilation of the course learning contents. Capacity for critical analysis will be taken into account.

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

Power point presentations

Office hours

See the website of Emanuele Menegatti