6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd
Aanbieding 2 met studiegidsnummer 4016133FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
The course “European Labour and Employment Law” constitutes an introduction to the Employment Policy (Title IX TFEU) and Social Policy (Title IX) of the European Union. It also seeks to construe the impact of these and other European policies and underlying fundamental economic freedoms on the social acquis at national level. The connection with international law will also be addressed.
In its institutional part, the course deals with such topics as: the linking between European Union law and the labour law of the Member States through an analysis of primary law (cf. positive versus negative integration), the role of the Council of the European Union as ‘legislator’ often in co-operation with the European Parliament, the so-called social partners (European Social Dialogue) and the Court of Justice of the European Union; the legal force and the enforcement of European labour and employment law (cf. direct effect-doctrine); etc.
In its substantive part, the course deals with some selected issues of European labour and employment law taking into account relevant secondary EU law and case law of the CJEU. Examples include occupational health and safety, working time, atypical work, equal treatment in employment, etc. As suggested above, the objective of this course is therefore not to study the material labour law of the European Union in an indepth or exhaustive way.
The lectures are accompanied by group discussions, giving the student the opportunity to reflect critically on various topical issues. In preparation, the student analyses the material provided by the lecturer.
Students are expected to actively participate in the lectures, read the required literature in advance of the lectures and participate in assignments.
This course expects students to have acquired a Bachelor degree, have previous experience in writing academic papers and have sufficient knowledge of English.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 25% van het eindcijfer
Examen Andere bepaalt 75% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
The evaluation is based on:
(i) a written paper (75%) and (ii) the defence of the aforementioned paper during an oral exam (25%).
It is only permitted to use generative AI as a brainstorming tool to formulate research questions and/or to improve linguistic aspects. Any use of generative AI should be appropriately acknowledged.
In order to pass this course, students have to pass all components of the evaluation, meaning both the ‘written paper’ and the ‘oral exam’. This means that students have to obtain a score of at least half of the points for each of these components.
If a student fails to obtain at least half of the mark for one component, the lowest mark will be the final mark. This is therefore the grade that will appear on the student's transcript. This does not preclude the transfer of favourable marks for the other component to the second session (retakes), subject to the rules set out hereafter. In the case of marks equal to or higher than half of the mark for one component, those grades for the first session will be transferred to the second session. This mark cannot be withdrawn by the student. This means that in the second session students can only retake the component for which they have not achieved at least half the maximum mark. If the student does not pass the course after the second session, the partial marks will not be transferred to the following academic year, regardless of the result.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de rechten: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law
Master in de rechten: burgerlijk en procesrecht
Master in de rechten: criminologie
Master in de rechten: economisch recht
Master in de rechten: fiscaal recht
Master in de rechten: internationaal en Europees recht
Master in de rechten: publiek recht
Master in de rechten: sociaal recht
Master in de rechten: strafrecht
Master in de rechten: Law and Technology
Master in het sociaal recht: Standaard traject
Master in het internationaal en Europees recht: Standaard traject