COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4139 COMPARATIVE LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the specific areas of European Labour Law and Social Security, its instruments and the way in which standards are laid down in several international sources are implemented in national regal systems. And than compare with Turkish Law .Furthermore, some of the major topics of European Labour Law will be the subject of teaching and discussion. Such as working conditions, the working environment, health and safety at

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Examine the specific areas of European Labour Law and Social Security (1,9,10,11,12)
2   llustrate and describe major topics of European Labour. (1,9,10,11,12)
3   Explain and critique various types of national Labour Law (1,9,10,11,12)
4   Discuss the factors that can change the working conditions in a Law System. (1,9,10,11,12)
5   Understand the importance of equal treatment between women and man in work life. (1,9,10,11,12)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Labour Law and EU Labour Law
2 Comparison of Specific areas of European Countries and Turkish Labour Law; Collective redundancies.
3 Equality between women and men
4 Health and safety at work
5 Insolvency of the employer
6 Posting of workers
7 Protection of motherhood
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Social Security; Meaning of social security Supplementary pension rights
10 Social security schemes
11 Code decisions and case examples about European Countries and Turkish Labour Law
12 Code decisions and case examples about European Countries and Turkish Social Law

Recomended or Required Reading

- Turkish Labor Law, Melda Sur&Noyan Turunç, 2010.
- European Labour and Social security Law, Roger Blanplain & Frank Hendrickx Publishing 2002.
- ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, International Labor and Employment Laws-Chapter for Türkiye, Melda Sur&Noyan Turunç, American Bar Association 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Powerpoint, Code decisions, cases

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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