European Labour Law

Lehrinhalte

I. General Principles
1. Sources of Law
2. Basic Principles
II. European Employment Contract Law
1. Employer’s Obligation to Inform When Concluding a Contract
2. Protection Against Discrimination Within the Employment Relationship a) Equal Pay for Men and Women b) General Anti-Discrimination Law
3. Employee’s Rights in the Event of Restructuring or Closures of Companies a) Transfer of Undertakings b) Mass Dismissals c) Insolvency of the Employer 4. Particular Forms of Employment a) Part-time Work b) Fixed-term Contracts c) Agency Employment
III. European Law on the Protection of Employees at Work
1. Health Protection and Safety at Work
2. Maternity Protection, Parental Leave, Protection of Young People at Work 3. Regulation of Working Time
IV. Collective Labor Law
1. Collective Bargaining Law and Trade Dispute Law
2. European Works Councils
3. Involvement in the Organs of the European Company (Societas Europaea)
4. General Framework for Informing and Consulting Employees
V. International Labor Law (Conflict of Laws)
1. Applicable Substantive Law
2. Court of Jurisdiction

Art der Vermittlung

Präsenzveranstaltung

Art der Veranstaltung

Pflichtfach

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Antoine T.J.M. Jacobs, Guide to European Labour Law, Open Press TiU (2021).

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Lecture, discussions, case studies, legal text analysis, case law analysis

Prüfungsmethode

Written final exam (50%); Continuous assessment, student participation, group discussion and analysis of legal problems (50%)
Content-related assessment criteria: degree of problem identification and problem characterisation, complexity of the solutions.
Formal criteria: completeness of the answers, task-specific requirements, linguistic differentiation of the presentation of results.

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

none

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Vollzeit

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

2023

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

5 WS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

Graduates are able to name the objectives of European labor law and its means of regulation within the framework of the competence clauses; to discuss the existence of a European social model; to determine whether a case falls within the scope of European labor law; to examine whether the free movement of workers has been violated; to locate and expertly discuss leading decisions of the ECJ on labor law; and to delineate the national possibilities of regulation within the framework of Union law.

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-58b