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