European Labour and Employment Law

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4016133FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

De student is ingeschreven in een traject waar het opleidingsonderdeel voorkomt.

Taught in

English

Partnership Agreement

Under agreement for exchange of courses

Faculty

Faculty of Law and Criminology

Department

Publiek recht

Educational team

Evelien Timbermont (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

18 contact hours Lecture

Course Content

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 other European policies and underlying fundamental economic freedoms on the social acquis at national level.

In its Institutional part, the course deals with such topics as: the linking between European Union law and the labor law of the Member States through an analysis of primary law, 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 abd the enforcement of European labour and employment law; 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 health, safety and working time, atypical work, equal treatment in employment, etc.

Course material

Course text (Required) : The professor will provide the students with the legal sources (Treaties, directives, case law and some doctrinal contributions), by the professor
Digital course material (Required) : A substantial PowerPoint presentation

Additional info

Collection of statutory texts, case-law, and articles + a substantial PowerPoint presentation published on Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

1. Students have a specialised overview of EU employment law, i.e. the primary and secondary employment and labour law established by the European Union.

2. Students are familiarised with the historical development, the sources, the contents, the legal force and the enforcement of European employment and labour law.

3. Students know and understand the relationship between Belgian, European and international law, and can analyse cross-border legal problems.

4. Students understand how legal rules come into existence and evolve and they can critically assess that evolution.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 80% of the final mark.
Other determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Paper with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Group Discussions with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation is based on:
Written paper (80%) and evaluation of preparation of and participation in the group discussions (20%).

The grade obtained in the first examination period (in January) for the "group discussion" module is final. Consequently, there will be no second examination period (in August) for this component.

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