OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide adequate knowledge of the discipline of the employment relationship, with the necessary references to the rules of the labor market, to the forms of representation of the workers in the company, to the collective bargaining.
The methodological approach is intended to give students the tools for understanding the dynamics affecting labor relations.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides students with knowledge about Italian employment law (the legal regulation of the employment relation and of the employment market, the analysis of the legal forms of workers’ participation at plant level and of collective bargaining).

Students shall be able to understand the employment dynamics and the national employment legal regulation also in the light of European Union principles and  labour and social policies. 

TEACHING METHODS

Illustration of theoretical concepts and discussion of case studies and examples.

Lessons are in italian.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The sources of labour law - The unions - The collective agreement - The collective bargaining system - The origins of the employment contract - The concept of subordination -  Self-employment - Cpllaborazioni coordinate e continuative - Labour market and employment - Public intervention to support income - Equality and non-discrimination - Freedom and dignity of the worker - Trade union rights - Powers of the employer - Obligations of the employee - Pay - Health and safety - Working time - The suspension of the employment relationship - The outsourcing - Unilateral withdrawal - Individual dismissal - Collective redundancies - Guarantees of the rights of worker.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbook and reading materials for students attending the lectures:
M.V. Ballestrero - G. De Simone, Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015.
The supplementary materials are available in Aulaweb.

Textbooks and reading materials for students not attending the lectures:
1) M.V. Ballestrero, Diritto sindacale, Giappichelli, Torino, V ed., 2014 (limited to the pages pp. 35-318, 353-406).

2) M.V. Ballestrero - G. De Simone, Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, Torino, 2015 except for the parts listed below: a) The collective agreement as a source. Trade union organization and collective bargaining (Part I, Chapter II, pp. 23-80); b) Trade union rights (Part IV, Chapter IV, pp. 309-321).

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARCO NOVELLA (President)

ALBERTO ASTENGO

GIULIA BANDELLONI

DANIELA DEL DUCA

GISELLA DESIMONE

ORSOLA RAZZOLINI

FRANCESCA SAVINO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Classes are held in the second semester.

See for details:  http://giurisprudenza.unige.it/did_lezioni

Class schedule

LABOUR LAW

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written test: six / seven open-ended questions.
The students that are at least sufficiency (18/30) in the written test are admitted to the oral test, which provides one / two questions.

Attending students can access (by enrolling on Aulaweb with the terms and procedures that will be announced in class) to an intermediate written test. 

Exam schedule