Luso-Brazilian Labour Law II

Year
3

Academic year
2022-2023

Code
01017577

Subject Area
Legal and Corporate Law

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Constitucional Law, Civil Law, Labour Law I.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical-practical lessons, throgh theoretic lectures about the issues and subsequent analysis of practical cases from Portuguese and Brazilian courts.

Learning Outcomes

Understanding and critically master the legal framework of the labour contract, from its formation to its extinction, through a Luso-Brazilian perspective.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

Labour contract: notion; formation; content (object, place and time for work), categories (fixed-term contract, temporary, intermittent, part-time, service commision, teleworking), main vicissitudes (modification and suspension) and parts' rights and duties (holidays and absences, the worker's personality rights, retribution); cessation of the contract and especially the dismissal regime in Portugal and in Brazil. The legal framework of the labour contract will be studied in compartive terms, considering the Portuguese Labour Code and the Brazilian regime contained in the Labour Laws Consolidation.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Contrato de Trabalho - Noções Básicas, 3.ª ed., Almedina, Coimbra, 2019.

A Cessação do Contrato de Trabalho. uma perspectiva luso-brasileira, LTR, São Paulo, 2017.