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Objectives and competences

Aim of the subject is to acquire legal knowledge in the field of EU labour law.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Development, notion and purpose of european labour law Legal sources of European labour law The concept of employee in EU law Generally on migrants workers Equality law Working conditions (obligation to provide information on working conditions, working time, protection of young employees) Health and safety at work Protection of maternity and parenthood Atypical contracts of employment (part-time, fixed-term, temporary agency work) Employee rights on restructuring of enterpirses (transfer of undertakings, collective redundancies, employer's insolvency) Collective labour law

Learning and teaching methods

Lecture Seminar Tutorial

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

On completion of this course the student will be able • To demonstrate knowledge on legal institutes of labour law EU • To use statutory rules in particular typical cases

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

• Expressing legal problems of labour law EU orally and in writing • Using the EU legislation in practice • Adequate interpretation of the CJEU case-law

Readings

- Jaspers T., Pennings F., Peters S., European Labour Law (2nd edition), Intersentia, 2024 - Barnard C., EU Employment law, Fourth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2012 - Lizbonska pogodba. Listina EU o temeljih pravicah in direktive/The Lisbon Treaty, Charter on fundamental rights and directives - Sodna praksa Sodišča EU/case law of Court of Justice-POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Analysis of the criteria for establishing the existence of an employment relationship of platform workers under the Platform Work Directive – high expectations and limited outcome?. Revista jurídica Portucalense. 2025, vol. 1, no. 38, str. 106-122. ISSN 2183-5705. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/juridica/article/view/41057, Digitalna knjižnica Univerze v Mariboru – DKUM, dCOBISS, DOI: 10.34625/issn.2183-2705(38)2025.ic-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 243626243] - POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Access of platform workers to collective rights – the fall of the binary divide?. Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi. 2024, roč. 32, č. 2, str. 195-212. ISSN 1210-9126. https://journals.muni.cz/cpvp/article/view/38115, DOI: 10.5817/CPVP2024-2-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 202935555] - POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Covert surveillance at the workplace and the ECtHR approach : possible risks of breaching GDPR rules. E-journal of international and comparative labour studies. 2023, vol. 12, no. 3, str. 20-46. ISSN 2280-4056. https://ejcls.adapt.it/index.php/ejcls_adapt/article/view/1451. [COBISS.SI-ID 204242179]

Prerequisits

Knowledge of general concepts in EU law, as well as labour law.

  • red. prof. dr. DARJA SENČUR PEČEK, univ. dipl. prav.

  • Oral examination: 80
  • Oral presentation: 20

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  • Slovenian, English
  • Slovenian, English

  • EUROPEAN LEGAL STUDIES - 1st