Learning objectives
- Knowledge and understanding skills: at the end of the course, students are expected to acquire the tools for understanding the rules governing employment relationships in their individual aspects and to gain a comprehensive knowledge of labour law, with particular reference to some aspects of policy of law, and to gain an advanced knowledge of the main topics.
- Practise knowledge and understanding skills: at the end of the course, students are expected to be able to use the knowledge gained to analyse legal documents (laws, collective agreements, sentences) and, therefore, to handle case studies regarding the staff management and industrial relations.
- Making judgments: at the end of the course, students are expected to read and interpret critically the topics dealt with, combining both the knowledge gained and their own point of view. This means that they will be able to manage different aspects of the subject autonomously and critically.
- Comunication skills: at the end of the course, students are expected to express themselves clearly and properly and to use the technical-legal language of the subjects.
- Learning skills: at the end of the course, students are expected to develop their understanding skills and to acquire, autonomously, professional skills necessary to enter the labour market.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
Course’s syllabus consists of the following items.
Historical framework of employment contract in Italy. Evolution trends of modern labour law. Employment and quasi-dependent work. Normative prototype and non-standard contracts. The stipulation and administration of employment relationship. Legal concerns of the protection of worker’s person. Employer’s powers within employment relationship. The legal model of bound dismissal and judicial control.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Ghera, Garilli, Garofalo, Lineamenti di diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, 2018 limited to the following chapters:
Chapter Two: Section A and Section B; Chapter Three Section A, Section B and Section D; Chapter fifth section A, section B and section C; Chapter Six: Section D; Seventh Chapter: Section A, Section C; Chapter eight: Section A, Section B.
Teaching methods
The course consists of frontal lessons. During the didactic activity, the peculiarities of each institute will be point out and the general issues connected to their practical application and to trends case law will be discussed. The didactic material used during lessons and exercises (slides and judgments) will be uploaded on the elly platform weekly
Assessment methods and criteria
The final exam consists in a oral test based on rather two different questions in order to verify:
- The knowledge and the comprehension of the contests of the course;
- The knowledge of the doctrinal and case law matters;
- The capability of solving concrete cases.
- The use of an appropriate technical and legal language
The vote will be awarded according to the following value system:
• Below 18/30 – insufficient level: the student does not achieve any of the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph;
• 18-20/30 – sufficient level: the student achieves the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph;
• 21-20/30 – fully sufficient level: the student achieves the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph and "Practise knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph;
• 24-26/30 – good level: the student achieves the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph, "Practise knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph and “Self-assessment” paragraph;
• 27-29/30 – very good level: the student achieves the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph, "Practise knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph, “Self-assessment” paragraph and “Communication skills” paragraph;
• 30/30 cum laude: excellent level: the student achieves the learning outcomes included in the "Knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph, "Practise knowledge and understanding skills" paragraph, “Self-assessment” paragraph, “Communication skills” paragraph and “Understanding skills” paragraph.
Only students attending the exam can take the written test.
Students must answer 20 multiple-choice questions and two open-ended questions.
Each correct answer of the multiple choice questions will be awarded a point.
Open-ended questions will be awarded between 0 and 5 points, taking into consideration the level of knowledge, autonomy of judgement and the ability to communicate with appropriate technical language.
In order to obtain cum laude, students must answer all multiple-choice questions correctly and excellently to open-ended questions.
During the written test the use of any type of text, books, notes, phone, tablet, media etc. is not permitted.
The partial test will be carried out at the end of the educational period.
The test results will be uploaded to the elly platform within ten days of the exam.
Students who are not satisfied with the grade will be able to choose to complete the written test with an oral exam. The final vote will be determined by the weighted average of the votes.
Other information
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