Drafting of Contracts and New Forms of Work

Brief description

  • Conclusion of employment contract, consensus and dissent, declarations of knowledge and intention, content and validity control of labour conditions, reservations and exercise control in case of unilateral rights to alter a legal relationship
  • Right to a position specification statement
  • Dealing with models for labour-law related correspondence
  • Legally effective and invalid agreements
  • Typical clauses for employment contracts, typical enclosures/attachments/additions
  • Differentiation between typical and new forms of work, classification of contractual relationships for new forms of work, legal questions of work in crowd and cloud

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Risak/Lutz, Arbeit in der Gig-Economy, Rechtsfragen neuer Arbeitsformen in Crowd und Clowd (2017);
Gerlach/Risak/Schrank/Höfle, Praxishandbuch Arbeitsvertragsgestaltung (2019);
Reissner/Neumayr (Hrsg), Zeller Handbuch Arbeitsvertrags-Klauseln (2019);
Jabornegg/Resch/Stoffels, Vertragsgestaltung im Arbeitsrecht (2007);
Resch (Hrsg), Kritische Klauseln im Arbeitsvertrag (2004);
Magerl/Thamm, Muster für den arbeitsrechtlichen Schriftverkehr (2015).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Input (classroom teaching and online), assignments, problem-based learning, case studies, individual assignments, group work, written assignments, research, text analysis, presentations, discussions, videos, online resources, legal database, online platforms of stakeholders

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment and final written exam

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Infos

Degree programme

Digital HR & angewandtes Arbeitsrecht

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, the students can

  • draw up a position specification statement
  • interpret typical clauses in employment contracts or in additional agreements to the employment contract
  • phrase them legally with the help of models and evaluate their usefulness for new forms of work

Course code

1705-21-01-BB-DE-09