6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1023001CER for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (C) Bachelor - 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
- Enrollment Requirements
- Volgtijdelijkheid: De student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Rechten en heeft binnen de Bachelor Rechten reeds 60 SP verworven en een credit behaald voor "Inleiding tot het Internationaal en Europees Recht",
of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor in de Rechten - met Studieduurverkorting,
of de student is ingeschreven in het schakelprogramma of voorbereidingsprogramma
of de student is ingeschreven in het Voorbereidingsprogramma Master na Master Internationaal en Europees Recht
of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Politieke Wetenschappen en heeft reeds 30 SP verworven binnen het modeltraject eerste Bachelor Politieke Wetenschappen en een credit verworven voor het studiedeel "Inleiding tot het Internationaal en Europees Recht",
of of de student is ingeschreven in de Bachelor Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen en heeft reeds 30 SP verworven binnen het modeltraject eerste Bachelor Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen.
- Taught in
- Dutch
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law and Criminology
- Department
- Publiek recht
- Educational team
- Evelien Timbermont
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
-
39 contact hours Lecture
110 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
The course consists of lectures with Q&A.
The lectures cover the four major aspects of labour law: (1) the autonomy of labour law, including its scope, (2) collective employment relations, (3) individual labour law, and (4) labour law enforcement, addressing issues such as criminal enforcement, prescription and waiver of rights.
The introduction module focuses on the specificity of labour law, its historical development and on a number of general issues such as the characteristics of labour law, the links with the other fields of law and the hierarchy of legal norms. The course also requires the student to observe current developments in labour law, as this is a highly evolving area of law.
Collective labour law contains the following three key components: collective bargaining agreements, industrial action and industrial organisation.
Individual employment law deals with the organisation of employment under the authority of an employer starting from the stage of job seeking up until the termination of the employment.
As labour law shows many interfaces with other fields of law (e.g. constitutional and administrative law, civil (procedural) law, European and international law) to which reference must be made on a regular basis, students are required to build on competences acquired in other courses.
- Course material
- Handbook (Required) : Synopsis van het Belgisch arbeidsrecht, De Becker - Peeters - Rauws - Van den Langenbergh, meest recente editie, Intersentia, 9789400008281
Handbook (Recommended) : Bamacodex 4: Sociaal recht, De Brabandere - Dufaux - Foubert - Hendrickx - Ossieur - Pieters - Rauws - Rigaux - Roels - Van Ee, meest recente editie, Brugge, Die Keure, 9789048639212
Handbook (Recommended) : Basiswetboek Sociaal Recht voor studenten 2020, Alofs - Cuypers - Peeters - Rauws - Timbermont - Van den Langenbergh - Van Limberghen - Van Regenmor, meest recente editie, Kluwer, 9789403021157, 2021
- Additional info
Not applicable.
- Learning Outcomes
-
General competencies
- The student has a thorough knowledge and understanding of Belgian and European legislation and case law concerning labour relations.
- The student manages the approach and the tools specific to labour law.
- The student is able to make the necessary links between labour law and other legal domains.
- The student is able to trace, interpret and if necessary critically assess the specific legal sources of labour law.
- The student is able to analyse and solve an employment law problem, taking into account the applicable legislation and jurisprudence.
- Grading
-
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:
- Oral Exam
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral exam with written preparation. Use of an unannotated code book is allowed.
- 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:
Bachelor of Laws: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Laws: Verkort traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Verkort traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Laws: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Laws: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Laws in Social Law: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)