Course program
INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW
- European labour law: significance, sources and scope; - The European Union and the development of the social policy; - The competences of the EU legislature; - Enforcement and realisation of EU labour law; - The interpretation of the terms “worker” ad “employee”. EQUAL TREATMENT - Fundamental sources of equal treatment Law in the EU; - The concept of discrimination; - Material scope of equal treatment Law in the EU; - Enforcement of equal treatment Law. ATYPICAL FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT - Part-time work; - Fixed-term work; - Temporary agency work; - Other flexible arrangements. RESTRUCTURING OF COMPANIES - The collective redundancies directive; - The transfer of undertakings directive; - The insolvency directive. WORKERS’ PARTICIPATION IN BUSINESS MATTERS - Information and consultation of employees; - Information and consultation in cross-border enterprises. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WORKING TIME - Occupational health and safety in the Treaties and EU Charter of fundamental rights; - The framework directive; - Daughter directives, framework agreements and adjacent legislation; - Working time. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/1152 of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/1158 of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2022/2041 of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union. DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/970 of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms.
