COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 7025 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERHAN BIRBEN

Offered to

Private Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to learn the basic concepts related to occupational health and safety and to examine the problems related to occupational health and safety by evaluating the legislation, teaching and judicial decisions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the importance of occupational health and safety
2   Learning the basic concepts of occupational health and safety
3   Learning the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 and legal concepts
4   To establish the relationship between Occupational Health and Safety and Labor Law
5   To be able to identify solutions to problems arising in practice related to occupational health and safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Occupational Health and Safety and Its Relationship with Labor Law
2 Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 and Basic Concepts of Occupational Health and Safety
3 Employer's Obligations Arising From Occupational Health and Safety
4 Principles of Risk Protection
5 Duties, Powers and Obligations of Occupational Safety Specialists
6 Duties, Authorities and Obligations of Workplace Physicians
7 Occupational Health and Safety Services
8 Midterm
9 Employee Rights From Occupational Health and Safety
10 Employee Obligations Arising From Occupational Health and Safety
11 Obligations Regarding Emergency Situations in the Workplace
12 Occupational Accident
13 Occupational Disease
14 Legal Consequences of Occupational Accident and Occupational Disease

Recomended or Required Reading

Süzek, Sarper: Iş Hukuku, 2019.
Sümer, Haluk Hadi: Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Hukuku, 2019.
Kabakçı, Mahmut: Avrupa Birliği Iş Hukukunda Işverenin Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği ile Ilgili Temel Yükümlülükleri ve Türk Mevzuatının Uyumu, 2009.
Baysal, Ulaş: Çalışanların Iş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Yükümlülükleri, 2019.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üy. Erhan Birben

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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