Specialisation: Applied Labour Law

Brief description

The specific teaching contents are determined by the project-specfic topics. Possible contents could, for example, include:

  • Interdisciplinary perspectives on specific and legal questions in HR Management
  • Restructurings (maybe with international aspects) with consequences for businesses and companies in Austria, including the termination of employment contracts
  • Questions and problems regarding (the also transborder) data protection, applicable laws, (the also international) responsibilities and supervision
  • Work conflicts and social plan measures
  • Cooperation with social partners and labour market authorities
  • Legally effective termination
  • Personnel leasing
  • Protection of insolvency payment

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Aburumieh/Adensamer/Foglar-Deinhardstein, Praxisleitfaden Verschmelzung, LexisNexis, Wien 2015;
Brodil (Hrsg.), Gestaltungsräume und neue Grenzen im Arbeitsrecht, Manz, Wien 2016;
Deutsch, O., Arbeitnehmerentsendung ins EU-Ausland, Facultas, Wien 2013;
Göpfert/Schöne, Handbuch Arbeitsrecht in Restrukturierung und Insolvenz, RWS, aktuelle Auflage;
Henssler/Braun, Arbeitsrecht in Europa, O. Schmidt, Köln, aktuelle Auflage;
Maier, O. J., Restrukturierungen und Arbeitsrecht, Manz, aktuelle Auflage;
Niksova, Grenzüberschreitender Betriebsübergang, Manz, Wien 2014;
Pacic, H., Das Recht der Arbeit in Europa, Norderstedt 2020;
Kreuzhuber/Hudsky, Arbeitsmigration, Manz, aktuelle Auflage;
Runggaldier, Grundzüge des europäischen Arbeitsrechts und des europäischen Sozialrechts, Linde, Wien 2010;
Thüsing, Europäisches Arbeitsrecht, C.H. Beck, München 2016;
Tomandl, Arbeitskräfteüberlassung, Manz, aktuelle Auflage;
Nunner-Krautgasser/Garber/Jaufer, Grenzüberschreitende Insolvenzen im europäischen Binnenmarkt, Manz, Wien 2017; Neumann/Bamberger, Handbuch Beendigungsrecht, Manz, Wien 2016.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Project phase-related, problem-oriented, guiding, brief presentation, discussion, group work, interdisciplinary case and project work (pleadings and protocol), collaborative learning with team partners and external cooperation partners, peer feedback, peer assessment

Assessment methods and criteria

Project phase-related pleadings and final report as part of a seminar paper

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Selected Topics of Applied Labour Law I

Infos

Degree programme

Digital HR & angewandtes Arbeitsrecht

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

9.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

3 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can

  • apply Austrian, foreign, European and international labour law in the context of projects
  • analyse a complex legal case that is related to different areas, requiremnents and responsibilities of HR Management by means of the methods of a case study
  • apply interdisciplinary perspectives in this context
  • develop solutions for specific legal problems with business and company stakeholders and cooperation partners from different areas of social and economic life
  • reflect on the case study work from a legal and subject-specific perspective, from a process perspective and from a group-dynamic perspective
  • present and explain the acquired results and insights to different experts from the areas of labour law and HR Management
  • deduce measures from the acquired insights and experiences for the design of HR Management

Course code

1705-21-01-BB-DE-24b