Political science and international relations

LABOR LAW

Course objectives

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of Industrial Relations System, Trade Union Law, Regulation of Employment Relationship also with regard to Public Administration. This knowledge is necessary to understand the fundamentals of the subject, in the individual and collective aspects. The course moves from the constitutional principles on worker protection, as individuals and within professional organizations, first analyzing the role of trade union and industrial relations, in a historical and juridical-economic perspective; then examining the particular moments of the work relationship (constitution, development, extinction) and the main types of contracts, in order to provide the basic knowledge for the understanding of working dynamics. The theme of public intervention in the labor market will be examined in depth, with reference to active policies and income support for unemployment. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the essence of a constantly evolving legislation, due to technological transformations, increasingly dynamic productive and economic contexts. In particular, the student must be able to analyze the applicative problems of the labor law and to evaluate legislative interventions aimed to balancing the protection of workers and the proper functioning of the market. The aim is to provide the skills necessary for the training of professionals able to operate in economic-productive contexts (public administrations; private companies; associations, political, administrative and economic institutions at central and local level; research institutes, international institutions) in which staff management is of primary importance.

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PAOLA BOZZAO Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program

- The historical evolution of the Italian labour law. - The legal sources (national, european and international). First part (Trade Union Law) - The trade unions law and organization. - The freedom of association. - Workers’ representative structures at workplaces. - Trade unions’ rights and representativeness. - Collective labour agreements typologies, in private and public sector. - The evolution of collective bargaining and its structure. Collective bargaining and the law. Second part (Employment Law) - The subordinate work and self-employment work. - Rights and duties of the employer and of the employee. - Work activity (jobs, working environment conditions, working time). - Job classification. The wage system. - The discipline of flexible work. - The end of the employment relationship. - Protection of employment and of employees’ income: the wages guarantee fund (CIG) and collective dismissal procedure. Financial assistance to workers and incentives to employment

Prerequisites

Knowledge of private and public law

Books

ESPOSITO M., GAETA L., ZOPPOLI L., ZOPPOLI A., Diritto del lavoro e sindacale, Giappichelli, latest edition, with the exclusion of the following chapters: VIII, XI, XIII, XVI, XVIII, XIX. Those interested in attending the lessons are required to register on Classroom; the code will be made available a few days before the start of the lessons, via the teacher's web page. Labour law is a constantly evolving subject. To purchase the Manual, students are invited to wait until the start of the lessons.

Frequency

Attendance is not mandatory, but strongly recommended

Exam mode

Oral exam on the whole programme at the end of the course. Three questions will be asked to the student; the test will last 20-25 minutes. The final vote, minimum 18/30 maximum 30/30 cum laude, will take into account: a) the clarity and the order of the exhibition; B) the ownership of the language; C) the systematic reasoning capacity. Attending students will be given the opportunity to take a written exam on the first part of the programme (Trade Union Law). The exam will last 90 minutes. It consists of twelve multiple-choice questions and four "open" questions. To overcome the exam, it is necessary to respond correctly to eight multiple choice questions and two open response questions. Students, who pass the first written test on trade union law, will be allowed to take a second written test on the second part of the program (Labour law), which will be held after the end of the course and before the Christmas break. The exam will last 90 minutes. It consists of twelve multiple-choice questions and four "open" questions. To overcome the exam, it is necessary to respond correctly to eight multiple choice questions and two open response questions. If both tests are passed, the mark resulting from the average of the two evaluations will be recorded in the first useful appeal. For those who have supported both exemptions, and want to improve the vote, it will be possible to reject the vote obtained in one of the two tests and support the relevant part in oral form. It remains firm the possibility of refusing the final grade, and take the whole exam in oral form.

Lesson mode

Classes will take place in attendance on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. During the lessons the teacher will use slides and other teaching materials (norms; sentences; other in-depth documents). The course is mainly organized with traditional frontal lessons; case studies analyses, and discussions on specific jurisprudential topics are also provided. Those interested in attending classes are required to register on Classroom; the code will be made available a few days before the start of classes, via the teacher's web page. The materials used during the lessons will be made available through the Classroom group