COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND LABOR LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6132 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND LABOR LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKAN KESER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

It is aimed to introduce students characteristics, principales and rules of International Law. By the help of this education, students will be able to immobilize the situation (due diligence) encountered all kind of Labor law matters with the knowledge of international law. Also by giving this education, it is aimed to recognize the legal problems encountered in work-life and to provide students solve this cases by the help of their knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define dominated concepts of international law
2   Being able to learn preperation and provisions of international convention and understand procedure adopted
3   Being able to compare principales of employment contracts and international conventions
4   Being able to learn general rules in Anglo-Saxon Law related to employment contracts
5   Being able to understand elements of employment contracts according to Turkish Labor Law
6   Being able to follow changes in legislation and obtain information about Supreme Court Decisions
7   Being able to examine and solve problemes related to Labor law matters in the light of the decisions of the Supreme Court faced in working life
8   Being able to determine the effects of international law on Turkish Labor law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International Law concepts and feautures
2 International Organisations and their structures
3 Regulation in European Union Law related to Turkish Law
4 Regulations in Turkish Law related to Labor rules
5 Convensations which are notified by Turkey related to Turkish Labor Law
6 Convensations which are notified by Turkey related to Turkish Labor Law
7 Case study
8 Midterm exam
9 The effects of ınternational convensations on Law numbered 6356
10 The effects of International conventions on Turkish Labor Law
11 Appearence of Flexible working models and its conditions on Turkish Labor Law
12 Occupational Health and Safety Law
13 Compraison between American, European Labor structure and Turkish Labor Law
14 Compraison between American, European Labor structure and Turkish labor law

Recomended or Required Reading

AKYIĞIT, Ercan: Iş Hukuku, 8.Bası, Ankara 2010.
AVCI, Adnan: Iş Yerlerinde Işçi Sağlığı ve Iş Güvenliği Mevzuatı, Istanbul 2003.
ÇELIK, Nuri: Iş Hukuku Dersleri, Yenilenmiş 23. Bası, Istanbul 2010.
DEMIR, Fevzi: Iş Hukuku ve Uygulaması, 4. Baskı, Izmir 2009.
SÜZEK, Sarper: Iş Hukuku, 5. Bası, Istanbul, 2009.
ULUCAN, Devrim:"AB Ülkelerinde Esnek Çalışma ve 4857 sayılı Iş Kanununda Yer Alan Esnek Çalışma Düzenlemeleri", MERCEK, Temmuz 2003, s. 60-66.
SMITH, Ian/BAKER, Aaron: Employment Law, Oxford University Press, 10. Bası, 2010.
GAUDU, François: Droit du Travail, 2. Edition, Paris 2007.
SÜZEK, Sarper: Iş Güvenliği Hukuku, Ankara 1985.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Case study to consolidate those described.
Interacvtive narrative by treating the students' participation.
Case Practices and examination of the judicial decisions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** 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)

serkan.odaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555
LO.655
LO.755
LO.855