Labour Law II

Recommended Prerequisites

Labour Law

Teaching Methods

Face to face teaching with students’ participation    

Learning Outcomes

The student must know the legal  regime of  central institutions of  collective labour law and its importance in the Portuguese system of industrial relations.

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)    

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%

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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