Legal Aspects of Atypical Work

Brief description

  • basic questions of labor, social security and tax law in connection with flexible employment relations and project work,
  • classification of contracts as employment contracts, freelance contracts or contracts for works and possibilities of flexible contract arrangements (e.g. time limit on individual employment conditions, transfer proviso, transfer of time sovereignty to the employee, revocation and modification provisos, target agreements, performance-related pay)

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

  • Pacic, H. (2015): Arbeits- und Sozialrecht. Ein Grundriss, 2nd ed., Vienna: NWV (Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag)
  • Pacic, H. (ed.) (2016): Atypische Beschäftigung. Rechtsfragen jenseits der Normalarbeit, Vienna: Verlag Österreich

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods and criteria

written final exam end of term

Infos

Degree programme

Projectmanagement & Organisation (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

1.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

3 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to

  • classify the work and services contracts of (project)staff as employment contracts, freelance contracts or contracts for works, and
  • anticipate the legal consequences of the most important alternatives of flexible contract arrangements from labor, social security and tax law perspectives or evaluate them if the legal situation is uncertain.

Course code

0388-20-01-BB-DE-26a