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 system of industrial relations in Italy

- The system of industrial relations in Europe

 

Readings/Bibliography

The students who have attended this course shall base their preparation for the exam on the lectures and all the material that will be upload on the UNIBO Virtual Learning Platform.

The students who have NOT attended this course shall base their preparation for the exam on:

-R. Blanpain (ed), Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialized Market Economies, Wolters Kluwer, 2014 - limited to chapters from 1 to 5, and from 18 to 22.

Teaching methods

Lectures and class work in seminars.

Assessment methods

Oral Exam.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations and material for seminars (cases, articles, essays, reports, etc.).

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/v.pietrogiovanni

Office hours

See the website of Vincenzo Pietrogiovanni