Description
This module introduces students to the major issues of Comparative and European Labour Law. Special emphasis will be placed on both the primary, as well as the secondary sources of European Labour Law, as well as on recent case-law by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and its interaction with national courts. For the analysis of the later parameter, the comparative approach between different Member States will be used.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to:
Contents
Issues to be discussed include indicatively the following: free movement of employees, posting of employees, working-time and annual leave, discrimination, exercise of employees’ rights within the enterprise, protection of employees’ data, transfer of undertakings and collective dismissals. Particular emphasis will be placed on the balancing of labour rights against fundamental economic freedoms in the EU. In this regard, the comparative approach between different Member States will be utilized.
Academic Requirements
Participants are required to have at least some basic previous knowledge of Labour Law, both Individual and Collective.
Teaching method
The course will run under both seminar and workshop format, which requires a high degree of student activity. Students are expected to write a paper and make a presentation based on the paper (formative assessment). Participants to the classes will be supported through the discussion of jurisprudence and cases, as well as by other practical examples and related legal materials.
Lecturers
The course is taught by Professor Costas Papadimitriou, Assistant Professor Dimitrios Ladas and Assistant Professor Ioannis Skandalis.
Assessment and testing