| CODE | ECL4001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | EU Labour Law and Policy | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | European and Comparative Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The aim of this study-unit is to provide participants with an introductory background of developments, as well as a knowledge of various aspects of labour law in the European Union. Particular attention will be paid to directives and measures adopted by the European Union on the subject. Reference will also be made to important judgments delivered by the European Court of Justice. The study-unit focuses on the following issues: Introduction and Historical Context; The Free Movement of Workers; The Contract of Employment (Working Time Directive, Part-Time Work, Fixed-Term Agreements, Parental Leave); Employment Protection (Collective Redundancies, Transfers of Undertakings, Insolvency); Collective Bargaining and the Framework Agreements (requisites of European collective bargaining, representativity, implementation of these agreements); Gender Equality and The Working Environment (Health and Safety Issues). Study-unit Aims To introduce students to the EU labour and social policy; To analyze the various legal instruments dealing with labour law and to study the objectives behind such policies. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) critically analyze contemporary employment law issues; b) analyse the legal basis in the Treaties, the secondary legal instruments and the relevant case-law re EU Labour law; c) interpret new and existing EU legislation and case-law; d) prepare reports and illustrate issues about a particular given legal position in EU law; e) plead EU Labour law issues in a court of law. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) demonstrate knowledge on EU Labour law to enable them to practice in the field and to undertake more specialized courses. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Main texts: - Barnard, C: EU Employment Law, Oxford University Press (2012). - Blanplain, R.: European Labour Law, Kluwer (2006). - Davies ACL, EU Labour Law, Elgar European Law (2012). (A copy of the relevant chapters from the main texts will be given to the students) Supplementary Reading: - De Burca, G., and De Witte, B., (eds): Social Rights in Europe, Oxford University Press (2005). - Neil., A: The Changing Face of European Labour Law and Social Policy, Kluwer (2004). - Fredman, S.: Discrimination Law, Oxford University Press (2002). - Shaw, J: Social Law and Policy in an Evolving European Law, Hart (2000). - Szyszczak E: EC Labour Law, Longman, (2000). - Kenner, J: EU Employment Law: From Rome to Amsterdam and Beyond, Hart, (2003). - O鈥橪eary, S: Employment Law in the European Court of Justice: Judicial Policy, Structures and Processes, Hart, (2002). - Ellis, E: European Community Sex Equality Law, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press (1998). - Shaw, J., Hunt, J., and Wallace, C: Economic and Social Law of the European Union, Palgrave (2006). - Guerrina, R: Mothering the Union: The Politics of Gender, Equality and Maternity Rights in the EU, Manchester University Press, (2005). - Millns, Diaz (eds.): Gender Equality and the Future of the European Union, Palgrave (2006). Recommended Journals - Industrial Law Journal - European Journal of Industrial Relations - Journal of European Social Policy - International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations - Journal of Common Market Studies - Journal of European Public Policy - Common Market Law Review - European Law Review - European Law Journal - Legal Issues of European Integration |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Students taking this study-unit need to have a background in law. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Bugeja |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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