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.

Moreover, 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.

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. 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, even in foreign language 

Teaching

Formal classes, seminars, exercitations.

ECHR and Court of Strasbourg case-law will be teached in English and/or 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, 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”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

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”.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

In the Department is active "Olympus", the Observatory for permanent monitoring of legislation and case law on health and safety in the workplace work. The Observatory carries out various activities including, in particular: - the management of a website with legislative databases, case law databases and databases of contracts, all concerning the safety at work, - depth articles, specialized reviews and thematic focus; - the management of an online scientific journal - "The Working Papers of Olympus", soon destined to mutate into "Law of occupational Safety and Health" (DSL) - in the field of security rights in the workplace, with ISSN, that employs a wide international scientific committee and refereeing procedures for the identification of essays to be published; - The organization of congresses and seminars including international ones. This observatory, whose website is freely accessible to all in a logic of public service, allows students of the CdS to find useful materials and documentation for their course of study and useful to draft their dissertation. It offers, also, through the mentioned congresses and seminars, the opportunity to meet the leading experts in the field and to analyse the most sensitive issues relating to it. http://olympus.uniurb.it/