6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023002CEW for working 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
NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.
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

This course aims to provide a historical overview of labour law and its place in the modern societal context along with a solid substantive understanding of the main components of this specific field of law. This includes the regulations governing the organisation of the labour market (including employment policy), the autonomy of labour law with a focus on its scope and specific sources, individual employment contracts, collective labour law, and social enforcement law, including topics such as criminal enforcement, prescription and waiver of rights.

The introduction focuses on the specificity of labour law, its historical development and on a number of general issues such as the characteristics of labour law, its relation with the other fields of law and the hierarchy of legal norms.

Collective labour law contains the following three key components: collective bargaining agreements, industrial action and (public) corporate organisation.

The doctrine of individual labour relations 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, criminal (procedural) 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.

The course also requires the student to observe current developments in labour law, as this is a highly evolving area of law.

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Synopsis van het Belgische arbeidsrecht - collectief arbeidsrecht, meest recente editie, Intersentia
Handbook (Required) : Synopsis van het Belgische arbeidsrecht - individueel arbeidsrecht, meest recente editie, Intersentia
Handbook (Recommended) : Basiswetboek Sociaal Recht, meest recente editie, Kluwer
Additional info

For more information regarding the practical organization of the course: see Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • The student has a solid and thorough knowledge of Belgian and European legislation and case law concerning labour relations;
  • The student commands the approach and the tools specific to labour law;
  • The student demonstrates understanding of and can make connections between labour law concepts;  
  • The student is able to trace, interpret, apply and if necessary critically assess the specific legal sources of labour law for concrete applications;
  • The student is able to analyze and solve a labour law case 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:

  • Examen Mondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral exam with written preparation. The use of unannotated codes 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)