OVERVIEW

The course in labor law aims to provide the fundamental notions relating to the discipline of individual employment relationships and industrial relations.

The current disciplines will be examined in the light of EU law and particularly in a historical perspective.

Meetings with labor consultants may be organized, during the course or at the end (optional, in this case), to inform about the profession and to show the practical application of the discipline.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to address the institutional elements of labor law and to allow students to acquire basic knowledge relating to union law and labor relations law, reconstructing the complex regulatory system.

The course aims to provide basic but critical knowledge of the discipline of labor law, in a historical perspective and attentive to the relationships with the sources of EU law and with related disciplines (sociology of law, sociology of work, history).

The methodological approach is aimed at providing students with the essential tools: to understand the dynamics that affect the world of work in our country; for a conscious interpretation and evaluation of national law in light of the principles, rules and policies of work and social policies of the European Union; for a subsequent autonomous updating of a discipline in continuous evolution.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes a. Ability to solve problems: that is, to apply what has been learned in a real situation, identifying the areas of knowledge that best allow it to be addressed b. Analyze and synthesize information: that is, to acquire, organize and reformulate data and knowledge from different sources c. Formulate judgments independently: that is, to interpret information with a critical sense and make consequent decisions d. Communicate effectively: that is, to transmit information and ideas both orally and in writing in a clear and formally correct way, expressing them in terms that are appropriate for specialist or non-specialist interlocutors in the sector e. Learn continuously: that is, to be able to recognize one's own gaps and identify effective strategies aimed at acquiring new knowledge and skills.

PREREQUISITES

Labour law is a specialist discipline, for learning which it is necessary to have already acquired the basic institutional notions (Italian constitutional law, Italian private law).

Very useful, to understand the evolution of the subject, is the knowledge of the Italian history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the institutional news of the last twenty years.

TEACHING METHODS

Classroom teaching

"Participated" frontal lessons (allowed by the limited number of people in the classroom), enriched by the discussion of cases with the students (also following the current events of the subject, in continuous evolution), as well as the presentation and public discussion of the short research that the attending students can decide to carry out on topics agreed with the teacher.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The origins and evolution of labour law. Trade unions, collective bargaining, conflict. Subordinate work and self-employment. Equality and non-discrimination. Freedom and dignity of the worker. The powers of the employer and the obligations of the worker. The rights of the worker and the guarantees of those rights. Business events and employment relationships. Dismissals (individual and collective) and resignations.

The program for those who will actually attend the course (with the help of the materials appropriately inserted in Aulaweb and the indications of the texts to read and/or study) will be limited to the topics covered in class, with the in-depth studies carried out in the classroom (and possibly in the short research works that the students, if they wish, will agree with the teacher and which will be the subject of presentation and discussion in the classroom and/or during the exam).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For non-attending students:

- Lorenzo Gaeta, Storia (illustrata) del diritto del lavoro italiano, Giappichelli, Turin, 2020

- Lorenzo Gaeta, Appunti dal corso di diritto del lavoro, III edizioni, Giappichelli, Turin, 2024 or alternatively A. Di Stasi, S. Giubboni, V. Pinto, Lezioni di diritto del lavoro, Il Mulio, Bologna, 2022 (linked to a platform also accessible to students with visual impairments and dyslexia)

If new editions are published, they will be promptly indicated in aulaweb.

For attending students:

- the notes of the lessons; the materials (for further study and updating) uploaded to aulaweb. The parts of the manual M.V. Ballestrero - G. De Simone, Diritto del lavoro, VI edizioni riveduta e aggiornamento, 2025, Giappichelli, Torino, will be indicated ((in Aulaweb, at the end of the course), to be used as a reference for the topics covered in class. Each indication will be available in Aulaweb.

- it is however mandatory, to better understand the historical and social evolution of the subject, the reading of Lorenzo Gaeta, Storia (illustrata) del diritto del lavoro italiano, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The lessons will begin in the first week of lessons of the first semester and will follow the calendar of the first semester, with three weekly meetings lasting two hours.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will be oral (unless the student requests to take a written test, followed by a short oral test to verify the ability to express themselves in this form).

For those who choose to write a short essay on a topic agreed with the teacher, the first part of the exam will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the work done (unless we have already presented it in class during the lessons: in this case the evaluation of this test will be taken into account in the final grade), which must be sent to the teacher at least 15 days before the exam session.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will be oral (unless the student requests to take a written test, followed by a short oral test to verify the ability to express themselves in this form).

For those who choose to write a short essay on a topic agreed with the teacher, the first part of the exam will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the work done (unless we have already presented it in class during the lessons: in this case the evaluation of this test will be taken into account in the final grade), which must be sent to the teacher at least 15 days before the exam session.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Information and updates are available in aulaweb.

The teacher can be contacted by email gisella.desimone@unige.it and receives at the Department of Law, Via Balbi 22, 2nd floor, Commercial and Labour Law Section (or at Balbi 5, Law professors' room).

Without prejudice to the teacher's availability to answer questions (especially practical and organisational) at the beginning or end of the lesson, the reception takes place by appointment via email (to plan access).

For those who declare that they have health, family or work needs that limit their mobility, meetings can be organised via Teams.

Students who have regularly filed a certification of DSA, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact both the contact person Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it) and the teacher at the beginning of the course, to agree on teaching and exam methods that, in compliance with the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.