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).