Collective Labor Relation

Recommended Prerequisites

Labour Law.

Teaching Methods

Face to face teaching with students participation.

Learning Outcomes

Analysis of  central institutions, rules and principles of  collective labour law.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction;  1 – General Observations;  2. Notion and characteristics of collective labour law; 3. Basic definitions; Cap. – I Freedom of Association (Trade Unions and their organizations; Cap. II – Employers’associations; Cap. III – The Collective Bargaining1. Constitutional and legal recognition of the collective bargaining right; 2. The collective bargaining process; 3. Collective agreements. Cap. IV – Collective labour dispute (strike and lockout). Cap. V – Dispute Settlement Procedures (Conciliation, mediation, arbitration).    

Head Lecturer(s)

João Carlos Simões Reis

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Jorge Leite, Direito do Trabalho, Vol. I, Coimbra.

António Monteiro Fernandes, Direito do Trabalho, Almedina, Coimbra.

Alain Supiot e al., Transformações do Trabalho e futuro do Direito do Trabalho na Europa, Coimbra Editora.

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