The course aims to provide students with the fundamental tools for understanding international and EU labor law. The knowledge of these subjects is crucial to be fully aware of the interactions between different legal systems, with the related multi-level protection of the worker's rights. Given the particular importance of the issue of the protection of the health and safety of workers in this degree course, a particular attention will be paid to the community origin of the existing prevention discipline. Its knowledge is essential in order to carry out competently professional activities related to the law of safety at work.

The course’s method, which combines traditional teaching (lectures) with innovative-experimental techniques (Flipped Learning and use of the Moodle-blended learning platform), is aimed at developing both basic and higher cognitive knowledge.  In this way, through the direct debate with the teacher and the work in the classroom (Teaching Working Class), we want to encourage the learning process through a more student’s effective involvement and a better organization of the teaching materials, to facilitate the knowledge processes during the course’s development.

After providing an introduction of the institutions of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) and the European Union, the course addresses the main tools available to the ILO and the fundamental sources and principles of EU social law, with a specific focus on issues concerning the protection of health and safety in the workplace, related to the aspects concerning working hours and the so-called atypical employment relationships. The course will be also considering three relevant issues regarding the European Union labour law, such as discrimination, business crises and minimum salary, focusing on their impact on the internal legal system. Finally, the delicate relations between the international legal system, the Community legal system and the Italian legal system will be examined by using, for example, the analysis of the recent case law of the Constitutional Court. In particular, after the presentation of the course, the topics will be addressed as follows:

1. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and EU institutions. – 2. The ILO's tools and the guiding principles. – 3. The sources of Community law and the fundamental principles of social matters. – 4. The case of occupational health and safety protection. Working hours and "atypical" jobs. – 5. The European Union law on discrimination, business crises and minimum salary. – 6. The relationship between the internal system, the Community system and the international system on labor matters. – 7. A case study: the use of international and EU sources in two recent decisions of the Constitutional Court.

A) knowledge and understanding:

The student is asked to prove that he has understood the guiding principles of internal constitutional rules, as well as community and international standards regarding in particular the labor issues and the fundamentals of their coordination.

B) applied knowledge and understanding:

The student is asked to prove that he is able to solve – in the light of the hierarchy of internal sources and the fundamental principles of the international and community order – any apparent or real contrasts between rules of different origin.

C) making judgements:

The student is asked to prove the ability to distinguish and interpret rules and decisions belonging to different legal systems, collecting and interpreting relevant data (Treaties, Directives, Conventions, etc.).

D) communication skills:

The student is asked to prove that he has mastered the legal language and that he is able to express his observations clearly, selecting the information according to their relevance, working out ideas, providing solutions to problems.

E) learning skills:

The student is asked to prove that he or she has developed the bibliographical and jurisprudential research skills that will allow him or her to investigate individual legal issues on an autonomous basis both at a national and at a community and international level.

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

The acquisition of skills will be verified in itinere through self-assessment tests.

Teaching

Teaching will take place in traditional mode (lectures) and in innovative-experimental mode (Flipped Learning).

Specifically, the lessons will be carried out in the following ways:

traditional (lectures),
with flipped technique (n. 2-3 meetings).

Innovative teaching methods

Flipped learning

Course books

G. Casale, Il ruolo dell’ILO negli ultimi cent’anni, in Lavoro, Diritti, Europa, n. 2/2019, pp. 1-16.

B. De Mozzi, L. Mechi, A. Sitzia, L’Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro: un’introduzione nel Centenario, in Lavoro, Diritti, Europa, n. 2/2019, pp. 1-29.

M. Roccella, T. Treu, M. Aimo, D. Izzi, Diritto del lavoro dell’Unione Europea, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2023, capp. I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X e XI.

C. Lazzari, Sulla Carta Sociale Europea quale parametro interposto ai fini dell’art. 117, comma 1, Cost.: note a margine delle sentenze della Corte Costituzionale n. 120/2018 e n. 194/2018, in Federalismi, n. 4/2019, pp. 1-21.

N.B.: For students of Immigration and International Protection Law, the text by C. Lazzari, Sulla Carta Sociale Europea quale parametro interposto ai fini dell’art. 117, comma 1, Cost.: note a margine delle sentenze della Corte Costituzionale n. 120/2018 e n. 194/2018, in Federalismi, n. 4/2019, pp. 1-21, and the case law, is replaced by the following: M. Roccella, T. Treu, M. Aimo, D. Izzi, Diritto del lavoro dell’Unione Europea, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2023, cap. III, sez. I, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.

With the exception of the Roccella, Treu, Aimo, Izzi handbook, all textbooks will be uploaded, before the lessons have started, on the Moodle platform, together with the case law under analysis.

Assessment

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more. The oral mode allows to evaluate, in the most complete way, as well as the communication skills of the student, the acquisition of analytical and critical skills required to students considering the complexity of issues and arguments of which they must demonstrate knowledge and understanding.

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

Course books

G. Casale, Il ruolo dell’ILO negli ultimi cent’anni, in Lavoro, Diritti, Europa, n. 2/2019, pp. 1-16.

B. De Mozzi, L. Mechi, A. Sitzia, L’Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro: un’introduzione nel Centenario, in Lavoro, Diritti, Europa, n. 2/2019, pp. 1-29.

M. Roccella, T. Treu, M. Aimo, D. Izzi, Diritto del lavoro dell’Unione Europea, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2023, capp. I, II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X e XI.

C. Lazzari, Sulla Carta Sociale Europea quale parametro interposto ai fini dell’art. 117, comma 1, Cost.: note a margine delle sentenze della Corte Costituzionale n. 120/2018 e n. 194/2018, in Federalismi, n. 4/2019, pp. 1-21.

N.B.: For students of Immigration and International Protection Law, the text by C. Lazzari, Sulla Carta Sociale Europea quale parametro interposto ai fini dell’art. 117, comma 1, Cost.: note a margine delle sentenze della Corte Costituzionale n. 120/2018 e n. 194/2018, in Federalismi, n. 4/2019, pp. 1-21, and the case law, is replaced by the following: M. Roccella, T. Treu, M. Aimo, D. Izzi, Diritto del lavoro dell’Unione Europea, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2023, cap. III, sez. I, §§ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9.

With the exception of the Roccella-Treu handbook, all textbooks will be uploaded, before the lessons have started, on the Moodle platform, together with the case law under analysis.

Furthermore, to facilitate the understanding of non-attending students, the following materials are indicated: slides uploaded to the Moodle Platform. However, the scope of the study programs remains the same.

Assessment

The expected learning results will be evaluated by means of an oral exam, based on three questions or more, concerning some decisions on the trade union and labour law treated in class. The oral mode allows to evaluate, in the most complete way, as well as the communication skills of the student, the acquisition of analytical and critical skills required to students considering the complexity of issues and arguments of which they must demonstrate knowledge and understanding.

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", now “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/