COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE LABOR LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 6078 CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE LABOR LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEZGI ÖKTEM SONGU

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

The objective is to analyse the prevailing conceptions and rules of collective labour
law in detail and to use this set of knowledge in the area of collective labour
relations and disputes occuring in the practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to indicate the fundamental conceptions regarding collective labour
2   To be able to comment on the provisions of legislation regulating collective
3   To be able to solve cases to which collective labour law rules are directed
4   To be able to discuss the legislation on collective labour relations in consideration of the doctrines views
5   To be able to offer solutions to the deficiencies arising from the legislation on

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The System of the Turkish Collective Labour Relations
2 Types of Trade Union Organization
3 Democracy in Trade Unions
4 Activities of Trade Unions
5 Union Representation
6 Union Security
7 Trade Union Management
8 Levels of Collective Labour Agreement
9 Determination of the Authorized Trade Union
10 Implementation of Collective Labour Agreements
11 Public Servants' Trade Unions and Collective Agreements
12 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
13 The Right to Strike and Its Limitations
14 Lockouts

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks: Melda Sur: Iş Hukuku-Toplu Ilişkiler, 4. Bası, Ankara 2011; Can Tuncay-
Burcu Savaş:Toplu Iş Hukuku, 3. Bası, Istanbul 2013; Ünal Narmanlıoğlu: Iş Hukuku II,
Toplu Iş Ilişkileri, Istanbul 2013.
Supplementary material: Court decisions, decisions reviews and articles.
Other materials: Official websites on labour law legislation and court decisions.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, review of court decisions, presentation of papers and discussions

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** 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)

melda.sur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.211111
LO.31111
LO.411
LO.5111