Social law

Duration

60h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jacques Clesse, Fabienne Kéfer

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is divided into two parts.
The first part focuses on the law of collective labour relationships. Topics include freedom of association, trade unions and employers associations, workers'participation, conclusions and effects of collective bargaining agreements as well as their situation within the hierarchy of norms, and industrial disputes.
The second part is devoted to individual labour law, that constitutes the second branch of labour law. Conclusion, enforcement and dissolution of the contract of employment are mainly examined. Special attention is also being paid to the so said "laws of work regulation" (protection of the remuneration, working time, etc) that determine the legal status of the relationship between the employer and the employee.
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, students must have mastered with essential theorical and pratical knowledge allowing further independant study with a view to mastering labour law. Students are especially required to get used to reading laws and other norms, and to bringing out their meaning.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In so far as time will be available to do so, practical exercises will be organised.
First semester.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Presential.

Recommended or required readings

J. Clesse et F. Kéfer, Manuel de droit du travail, 2è éd., Larcier, 2018.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written Exam at the first session. Teacher keep the right to replace the written examination by an oral examination during the second session. Students can use their statute books or a gathering of legal texts (without annotations or comments except for referrals to sections of the law). Blank Post-It are allowed. The use of highlighters is permitted. The main evaluation criteria include the student's ability to develop judicial reasoning, by setting out the arguments that support it, articulating those arguments in a logical, rigourous and coherent way.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teachers : Jacques Clesse : tel. : 04.366.30.52 ; email : jacques.clesse@ulg.ac.be Fabienne Kéfer : tel. : 04.366.30.54 ; office R 59 - email : fkefer@uliege.be
Secretary : Catherine Fett -  Office I. 75 - tel.: 04.366.31.57 - mail: catherine.fett@ulg.ac.be
Assistants :

Quentin Cordier: quentin.cordier@ulg.ac.be
Office R. 62 - tel. 04.366.30.56


Adrien Farcy
Office R. 60 - tel. 04.366.30.55

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