EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- STEFANIA BUOSO
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- IUS/07
Training objectives
- The course is aimed at knowledge and comprehension of the fundamental provisions of the Treaties and of secondary legislation and of collective relations with special attention to the development of national and European case law. Deriving abilities will be those of legal experts aware of the important EU character of the legal system and therefore capable to tackle and solve actual problems posed by the intersection of the two legal orders.
Prerequisites
- Proper knowledge of the fundamental principles and institutions of Italian Labour Law and of EU law; the knowledge of english language is recommendable to read and to critically analize european documentation. Are preparatory the exams of Constitutional Law; Institution of Private Law; European Union Law.
Course programme
- Legal sources retrieval in EU databases Geopolitical history and evolution of the Treaties up to the Lisbon Treaty; the social dimension of the Union and the Charters of Fundamental Rights; the norms and their efficacy; particularly the principle of primacy e the direct effect doctrine in case law. Free circulation of workers and employment policies; the principles of equality and non-discrimination; working time; reorganization and company crisis; health and safety at work; non-standard employment contracts; part-time and fixed term contracts. Social dialogue and European collective bargaining; information, participation and consultation of workers.
Didactic methods
- Lectures and seminars with the active participation of students, particularly in discussing CJEU cases and deep investigating some recent issues.Seminars will be developed mainly in the central part of the course. Will be assigned decisions of EUCJ and/or pieces of legal literature to students (divided in groups), the discussion will be leaded (when possible) by invited experts.
During the first lesson, in consideration to the number of students, will be established if there will be the support of Google Meet streaming or registration. Please look here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ovfk4le3FUQ_2f8DG-r6_NYMgDlsMqZJAgKt-b9FL5o/edit?usp=drivesdk Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination and discussion of cases; the assessment of knowledge will take place with specific reference to the institutional part (1 question) and to the specific thematic areas of social law, linking the presentation of a case study through a judgment of the CJEU (presentation of the case and 1 question).
.The final mark will be the result of the average of the evaluation of the different answer and of the presentation of the case. Reference texts
- The materials provided in class by the teacher with teh support of the manual (parts are indicated in class):
Roccella M. e Treu T., Diritto del lavoro dell'Unione Europea, Cedam (in the latest edition available).
For in depth purposes:
Sciarra S., Solidarity and Conflict. European social law in crisis, Cambridge university press.
