2020-2021 / DROI1297-3

Social law, Droit du travail

Duration

60h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Fabienne Kéfer

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, hybrid learning)

Subject to the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic, the course is given as follows:
- alternating between face-to-face and distance learning courses every other week.
- questions will be asked via Wooclap to support the attention of students taking the online course
- parts of the subject matter must be prepared by the students and will only be subject to question and answer sessions
- Exercise sessions will be given in person or at a distance.
- a forum is made available to students on eCampus (see eCampus user charter)
- There will be a stand-by service for students to ask questions about the course.
 

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

For the course: the course is given both face-to-face and on the platform "collaborate" . Given the number of students present in the lecture hall, it should remain possible to continue this formula even in code orange, unless the Rector decides otherwise.
 
For the exam: written examination on eCampus.
 

Recommended or required readings

J. Clesse et F. Kéfer, Manuel de droit du travail, 2è éd., Larcier, 2018.
Un recueil de casus est disponible aux presses universitaires.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Thé examination is written at the first session. The modalities may be modified according to the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic. 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. No private collections are admitted; only volumes published by legal publishers (or copies of extracts from these volumes if the law permits) are admitted for examination. 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

Teacher :
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@uliege.be
Assistants  :
France Dachouffe - local R.60 - tél.: 04.366.30.55 - mail : fdachouffe@uiege.be
Adrien Farcy : Office R. 62 - tel. 04.366.30.57