Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The aim of the course is to explore social dialogue and its bargaining mechanisms between employers' representatives, employees' representatives, and the government. More specifically, the course will question the evolutions of social dialogue at the light of new employment forms. The question of trade union renewal is particularly significant as employment forms are increasingly diversified (platform work, on-call work, freelances, work sharing, etc.)
The course will aim to shed light on the challenges induced by these transformations on social dialogue as it is practiced in Belgium. Emphasis will be put on social dialogue at the sectoral level and on its implications for organizations. Participants to the seminar will be invited to discover the actors and process of social dialogue, as well as its tools and practices, through the realization of an in-depth field work in a given sector of the economy.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Discover the institutions, processes and actors of social dialogue in Belgium
- Understand the complexity of new employment forms and their HR and social challenges
- Conduct, individually, an in-depth analysis of an industry/sector undergoing major changes with regard to social dialogue and new employment forms
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic knowledge of the firm and human resource management processes, as taught in bachelor courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
First sessions will aim to introduce conceptual elements related to social dialogue and new employment forms. Then, union representatives and employers' representatives will be invited in some of the courses' sessions. A large part of the seminar will be dedicated to the field work conducted by students themselves.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Sessions could be organized in class or at a distance, depending on the number of participants and the evolutions of the sanitation situation.
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings:
Bureau, M.-C., & Corsani, A. (2018). Collective actions on the margins of the salariat. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 24(3), 279-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258918775505
Cappelli, P., & Keller, J. (2013). Classifying Work in the New Economy. Academy of Management Review, 38(4), 575-596. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2011.0302
De Stefano, V. (2015). The Rise of the "Just-in-Time Workforce": On-Demand Work, Crowd Work and Labour Protection in the "Gig-Economy." SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2682602
Drahokoupil, J., & Piasna, A. (2019). Work in the Platform Economy: Deliveroo Riders in Belgium and the SMart Arrangement. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3316133
Gramano, E., & Gaudio, G. (2019). 'New trade union strategies for new forms of employment': Focus on Italy. European Labour Law Journal, 10(3), 240-253.
Heery, E. (2002). Partnership versus organising: alternative futures for British trade unionism. Industrial Relations Journal, 33(1), 20-35.
Mandl, I. (2017). Examining emerging new employment forms and potential positive and negative effects on working and employment conditions. Administration, 65(4), 11-20.
Pazaitis, A., Kostakis, V., & Bauwens, M. (2017). Digital economy and the rise of open cooperativism: The case of the Enspiral Network. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 23(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258916683865
Pichault, F., & McKeown, T. (2019). Autonomy at work in the gig economy: analysing work status, work content and working conditions of independent professionals. New Technology, Work and Employment, 34(1), 59-72.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written work / report
Other : Oral presentation
Additional information:
Evaluation will consist of an individual working paper on a given sector of activity in which social dialogue is transformed due to the emergence of new employment forms. The paper will include a literature review on these topics as well as interviews with trade unionists, employer representatives, new actors, etc.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course will begin on Wednesday 22.
Contacts
Grégory JEMINE (gjemine@uliege.be)
Frédéric NAEDENOEN (fnaedenoen@uliege.be)