Teaching
Teaching
Labour law is of fundamental importance for the Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on law and Economics degree programmes. However, the courses are also aimed at students on the degree programmes Teaching at Vocational Schools, Sociology, Psychology and Political Science.
Study
During the summer semester, the fundamentals of employment law are taught as part of the foundation course, comprising 2 semester hours per week. Starting with the employment contract, the course touches upon the various employee protection rights and concludes with the law on protection against unfair dismissal. European law is incorporated here, as are the constitutional principles.
In the advanced stage of the degree programme, collective labour law is offered at a rate of two semester hours per week in the winter semester; this serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of industrial relations between the parties to collective agreements and the participation rights of works councils in decision-making processes within the workplace.
A wide range of seminars, held in both the summer and winter semesters, expands and deepens the course offering in labour law. Seminars are regularly offered, each comprising two hours per week, on collective bargaining law, in particular on standards of working conditions, the content and implications of collective agreements, and the rights and obligations of the parties to such agreements; on industrial relations and labour law in Europe; on specific aspects of works constitution law; the labour law provisions governing new categories of employees such as part-time workers, freelancers, teleworkers, those on fixed-term contracts and those in marginal employment, etc., as well as on fundamental rights in the employment relationship – a classic cross-cutting theme of labour and constitutional law – from an interdisciplinary legal, social science and economic perspective on the future of work and labour relations
Beyond providing an overview of the national labour law system, the modules offer students a fundamental understanding of the key features of European labour, social and employment policy, knowledge of which is essential in view of the dynamic process of European law-making and increasing globalisation.