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
CEK 4031 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR COŞKUN SARAÇ

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to introduce the Basic Conventions of the International Labor Organization , United States of America Labor and Social Security Law and European Union Labor and Social Security Law and to compare them with Turkish Law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to examine the Basic Conventions of the International Labor Organization
2   To be able to analyze the Labor Law Legislation of the United States of America
3   To be able to comprehend the Social Security Legislation of the United States of America
4   To be able to discuss the European Union Labor and Social Security Law regulations
5   To be able to compare the legal systems of the International Labor Organization, the United States of America and the European Union with Turkish Law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction
2 Structure of the International Labor Organization
3 Fundamental Conventions of the International Labor Organization
4 ILO Priority Conventions
5 Basic features of labor law in USA-I
6 Basic features of labor law in USA-II
7 Basic features of the United States Social Security System-I
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Basic features of the United States Social Security System-II
10 Basic features of the United States Social Security System-III
11 Basic features of the United States Social Security System-IV
12 Basic features of European Union Labor Law-I
13 Basic features of European Union Labor Law-II
14 Basic features of European Union Labor Law-III
15 Basic features of European Union Labor Law-IV and,EU Social Security
16 FINAL EXAM

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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

coskun.sarac@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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