The course is divided into two parts. In the first part, the course aims to provide the students with the essential elements to understand International and EU Labour Law. To this end, it offers an introduction to the institutions of the European Union and of the International Labour Organization, in order to illustrate the delicate, sometimes problematic, interactions between International Law, European Union Law and Italian Law.

In the second part, the policies and principles of EU law will be dealt, with a special attention for the rights of workers, for the principle of free movement and for the prohibition of discrimination and safety in the workplace.

First Part: 1. Principles of International law. 2. International Labour Organization. 3. European integration. 4. Institutions of the EU. 5. Sources of EU law. 6. Relationship between international and domestic law. 7. Effectiveness of EU Law, principle of subsidiarity, primacy of EU Law. 8. Conflicts between domestic, international and EU Law. 

Second Part: 9. Principles of ILO Conventions and Recommendations . 10. Social Principles of EU Treaties. 11. Employment policies in Treaty of Amsterdan and Treaty of Lisbon. 12. Workers Freedom of Movement. 13. Right of Establishment and the Provision of Services. 14.  Principle of non-discrimination and "new discriminations". 15. Temporary Labour. 16. Health Protection at Work. 17. Restructuring firms in difficulty. 18. Collective work relationships.

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The student must : 

•  demonstrate basic knowledges on domestic constitutional law, EU law and International law, with a special attention to labour law issues (KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING)
•  recognize and be able to analyze, following the hierarchy of domestic, EU and international laws, the conflicts between laws, supporting personal arguments (APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING)
• show the ability to understand and interpret rules and judgements of different legal systems, using and analyzing Treaties, Recommendations, Judgements, etc...(MAKING JUDGEMENTS)
• Show to have the cultural tools sufficient to identify the problems inside the relationships between domestic, international and EU law in a clear way,  properly taking the necessary information, formulating ideas, and providing solutions to problems (COMMUNICATION SKILLS)
• Show the possess of methodological techniques in bibliography and case-law research (Court of Luxembourg, Court of Strasbourg, ILO, etc...) and demonstrate to have acquired the skills to study with a high degree of autonomy (LEARNING SKILLS).

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Exercitations, Seminars (in foreign language too)

Teaching

Formal classes, seminars, exercitations.

ECHR and Court of Strasbourg case-law will be teached in English and French.

Attendance

At least 2/3 of the lessons (to take the partial written exam)

Course books

M. ROCCELLA, T. TREU, Diritto del lavoro dell'Unione Europea, CEDAM, Padova, 2016, chap. I , II, III, V, VI, VII,  

or

J.-M. SERVAIS, International labour law, Wolters Kluwer, 2014

The international aspects of labour law will be teached during the course and will form an integral part of the exam program. The relevant material will be provided during the course.

Assessment

Written and/or oral exam. Students may voluntarily take a partial written exam (multiple answers questions and a 10 lines question) that will be taken into account during the final oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.

Teaching

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Attendance

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Course books

M. ROCCELLA, T. TREU, Diritto del lavoro dell'Unione Europea, CEDAM, Padova, 2016.

or 

J.-M. SERVAIS, International labour law, Wolters Kluwer, 2014.

Assessment

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

Disabilità e DSA

Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.

A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.

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