PrF:SOC037 European Labour Law - Course Information

SOC037 European Labour Law

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

JUDr. Jana Komendová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Michal Smejkal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jaroslav Stránský, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

JUDr. Jana Komendová, Ph.D.
Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Ivana Hovořáková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Financial Law and Economics – Faculty of Law

Timetable of Seminar Groups

SOC037/01: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 10:00–11:40 034, J. Komendová
SOC037/02: Mon 2. 10. to Fri 22. 12. Wed 12:00–13:40 030, J. Komendová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies (programme PrF, KOS)

Course objectives

The objective of the course is to get the students acquainted with the issues of labour law regulated by the EU law, in particular within the EU social policy. Moreover, students will know the principles of EU social law and the minimum requirements stated by the EU law on the national law as regards minimal level of employee’s protection.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will have the knowledge of role of the European Union in the social policy, especially of institutions and their competences in the area of labour law. They will be able to recognise which labour law issue is governed by the European Union Law and to identify it requirements on the national law. They will also be able to examine whether these requirements are implemented into the national law of their country of origin.

Syllabus

• Notion and system of European labour law, sources of European labour law, institutions and their competences, free movement of persons, prohibition of discrimination based on nationality, equal treatment in employment and occupation, health and safety at work, working time, rest periods, protection of young people at work, protection of child care, part-time work, fixed duration employment relationship, temporary work, transference of undertakings, collective dismissals, employer’s insolvency, worker’s participation, European social dialogue.

Literature

recommended literature
• KOMENDOVÁ, Jana. Legal Regulation of Collective Redundancies. In COFOLA 2009: the Conference Proceedings. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2009, p. 352-359. ISBN 978-80-210-4821-8. info
• BLANPAIN, Roger. European labour law. 11th rev. ed. Austin: Wolters Kluwer, 2008, 858 s. ISBN 9789041127679. info
• BARNARD, Catherine. EC employment law. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, cxxxiii, 7. ISBN 0199280037. info

Teaching methods

Lessons by using power-point presentations. Analysis of directives, especially with respect to the case-law of the European Court of Justice. Materials submitted in the interactive syllabi.

Assessment methods

1. Presentation of case-law at lesson - the student will choose one of the cases published in the List of Cases published in the interactive syllabi. 2 Written test - test is composed of 20 questions, multiple choice. The evaluation is as follow: 20 – 19 points A (excellent), 18 – 17 points B (very good), 16 – 15 points C (good), 14 – 13 points D (satisfactory), 12 – 11 points E (sufficient), 10 and less than F (fall) The final mark is composed of 50% of written test evaluation and 50% of presentation of case-law.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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