75331 - Comparative Labour Law

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and management (cod. 9203)

    Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and management (cod. 9203)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with a general knowledge of the individual employment relationship regulation and of the dynamics of industrial relations, comparing different legal systems and also referring to European Union Law and transnational rules. At the end of the course students will be able to: - understand the main forms of employees protection provided by the different legal system and the supranational regulative frame; - be aware of the principal legal issues related to industrial relations; - deal with employment relationships in an international context.

Course contents

The course will deal with the following topics:

- The employment relationships.

Definition. The distinction between Employee and Self-Employed. Intermediate category workers. The qualification of new atypical models of work.

- Sources of Labour Law: International labour law (ILO and regional organizations); General system preference; Multinational Code of conducts; National Sources

- European Union Labour Law.

The development of a common EU social policy. Hard-law and Soft-law. The European Employment Strategy. The influence of European Economic Governance on National Labour Law policies.

– Comparative Analysis: the minimum wage; precarious employmen

Readings/Bibliography

Students attending more than 70% of classes (21 hours) are requested to study only the materials that will be published on AMS Campus platform, implementing them with class lectures.

For non-attending students the suggested bibliography includes:

M. Finkin, G. Mundlack, Comparative Labor Law, Edward Elgar, 2015 - limited to chapters from 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12.

Teaching methods

Lectures and class discussions. In particular, students will be requested to give short group presentations to the class, dealing with topics related to course program.

Assessment methods

The final grade will be based:

80% on the result of an oral examination, aimed at verifying the assimilation of the course learning contents.

10% on class participation.

10% on the group presentation.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint Presentation

Office hours

See the website of Emanuele Menegatti