2021-2022 / DROI1297-1

Social law

Droit du travail

Droit de la sécurité sociale

Duration

Droit du travail : 60h Th
Droit de la sécurité sociale : 15h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law6 crédits 
 Master in management, professional focus in law6 crédits 

Lecturer

Droit du travail : Fabienne Kéfer
Droit de la sécurité sociale : Quentin Detienne

Coordinator

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

Droit du travail

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.
 

Droit de la sécurité sociale

The course focuses on social security law. It introduces the organisation and characteristics of general social security schemes, the general rules governing the social status of employed persons and the rules governing litigation. It also gives an overview of certain social security benefits granted to socially insured persons (unemployment insurance, compensation for accidents at work, family benefits, living wage).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Droit du travail

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.

Droit de la sécurité sociale

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 social security law.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Droit du travail

Several practice sessions are organised during class time.
First semester.

Droit de la sécurité sociale

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)

Droit du travail

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Subject to the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic, the course is given as follows:
The course is exclusively face-to-face, if not exclusively distance learning; there will be no hybrid sessions.
Parts of the course material must be prepared by the students and will only be subject to question and answer sessions
Five exercise sessions will be given.
A forum is made available to students on eCampus (see eCampus user charter)
In case of distance learning course, there will be a stand-by service for students to ask questions about the course.
 

Droit de la sécurité sociale

Presential.

Recommended or required readings

Droit du travail

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

Droit de la sécurité sociale

A schematic lecture notes will be made available in due course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Droit du travail

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam


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.

Droit de la sécurité sociale

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written examination in both sessions. The teacher reserves the right to replace the written exam by an oral exam depending on the number of students or changes in the health situation.

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

Droit du travail

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

Droit de la sécurité sociale

Professor : Quentin Detienne : email : qdetienne@uliege.be
Secretariat :
Catherine Fett -  Office I. 75 - tel.: 04.366.31.57 - mail: catherine.fett@ulg.ac.be
 
Assistants :
France Dachouffe : fdachouffe@uliege.be
Alexandra Copette : alexandra.copette@uliege.be