6 ECTS credits
160 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 6001519FER for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (F) Master - specialised level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Possible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Department
- Publiek recht
- Educational team
- Guido Van Limberghen
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 18 contact hours Lecture
75 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
This course studies in depth the major legal topics concerning the scope of application of the Belgian social
security scheme for the self-employed and concerning the social security contributions to be paid by the self-employed. The granting conditions and the calculation of the different social security benefits for the self-employed will also be analysed in depth. Furthermore, students will be trained in solving legal cases.
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Sociaal statuut van de zelfstandigen
Handbook (Recommended) : Basiswetboek Sociaal Recht voor studenten 2021, Alofs, Wolters Kluwer, 9789403021157, 2021
- Additional info
All studymaterial is made available by means of the learning platform. A printed version of the syllabus will be available as well.
Students need a codex of Belgian social security law. Wolters Kluwer's "Basiswetboek sociaal recht" is recommended.
- Learning Outcomes
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General competencies
By the end of this course, the student will:
- have acuired a thorough knowledge and insight in the personal scope and financing of the social security system for the self-employed;
- have acquired a thorough insight in the specificity of the social insurances for the self employed;
- will be able to evaluate autonomously the social security system for the self-employed using evidence-based arguements and in the light of the fundamental social rights for the self-employed;
- be able to solve factual cases by referring to the applicable legislation and indicating legal reasons for and the possible incertainty of the proposed solution.
- Grading
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Examen Mondeling
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
In the course of the exam, students answer questions and solve cases. More details are given via the course in Canvas.
Evaluation criteria:
- knowledge of and insight into the rules governing the social security scheme for the self-employed
- insight in the differences between the self-employed and the employees with respect to rules concerning social security benefits;
- the quality of the arguments when screening the social security scheme for the self-employed in the light of the fundamental social rights for the self-employed
- exact designation of the applicable legislation and adequacy of teh reasons on which the student's solutions of cases are based.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Laws: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Civil and Procedural Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Economic Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Tax Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: International and European Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Public Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Social Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminal Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Law and Technology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Social Law: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)