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2020/2021

Social Law and Comparative Labour Relations

Code: 42713 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4313228 Social Policy, Employment and Welfare OT 0 2
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Oscar Molina Romo
Email:
Oscar.Molina@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
spanish (spa)

Teachers

Miguel Angel Purcalla Bonilla

Prerequisites

There are no specific requirements

Objectives and Contextualisation

The objective of the module "European Social Law and Comparative Employment Relations" is twofold.
										
											
										
											On the one hand, it aims to facilitate knowledge of the social content of European primary law. In this regard, the content of Regulations, Directives, Recommendations, Resolutions and other legal texts of the European Union on labor and Social Security matters will be analyzed. The jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union will also be analyzed.
										
											
										
											Second, the module also aims to analyze, from a comparative perspective, the employment relations systems of different countries, because of their importance within social models. In this sense, the objective of this part of the module is to analyze in depth the differences between trade union models and their strategies, as well as business organizations. Likewise, institutional differences between countries and their relevance to explain phenomena such as wage inequality will be analyzed.

Competences

  • Design, implement and evaluate social policies and processes for resource redistribution and improvement of citizens' welfare, in different contexts and from a European perspective.
  • Work individually and in multidisciplinary, international teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse the rules on case law procedures of the European Union.
  2. Describe the European Union's directives, rules and recommendations on employment and social matters.
  3. Recognise European case law on collective bargaining.
  4. Recognise the employment and social directives of the European Union.
  5. Work individually and in multidisciplinary, international teams.

Content

The module is structured in two parts:

Part A. COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Session 1 - The Comparative Analysis of employment relations: Relevance, Dimensions, Perspectives and Theories
- Prospects for the analysis of labor relations
- Most relevant theories in the analysis of employment relations
- The analysis model of the 'industrial relations system'
- Dimensions of a system of industrial relations
- The comparative analysis in industrial relations; theories and methods
- Models and types of trade unionism

Session 2 - Employment Relations Models and Models of Capitalism: Convergence or Divergence?
- The theory of varieties of capitalism and employment relations
- Coordinated market economies
- The liberal market economies
- Mixed economies
- The debate on convergence and / or divergence in employment relations

Session 3 - Employment Relations and Inequality
- The relationship between employment relations and economic performance; main theories
- Neo-corporatism, economic performance and inequality
- Growth of inequality; role of employment relations
- Dimensions of Collective Bargaining and Inequality

Session 4 - Globalization and employment Relations
- Transnational collective action; repertoires and actors
- International value chains and their regulation
- International HR management; perspectives
- Dimensions in the international management of human resources

 

 

PART B. EUROPEAN SOCIAL LAW

Session 1: FREE CIRCULATION OF WORKERS

- Normative framework and criteria of the CJEU
- Content: travel and residence; access to work; principle of equal treatment; ownership exceptions and limitations.
- Nationals from third countries: immigration and employment.
- Displacement of workers within the framework of the provision of services

Session 2.- TRANSMISSION OF COMPANIES, INSOLVENCY and COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS:

-Normative and criteria of the CJEU
- Experiences and case studies on business transfers
-Experiences and case studies on insolvency and guarantee organizations
- Experiences and case studies on collective dismissals


Session 3.- SECURITY AND WORK HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SOCIAL SECURITY: GAME RULES AND PRACTICAL CASES

- Normative framework of occupational health and safety: evolution, directives, European agenda 2014-2020, competent bodies
- Obligations and responsibilities in relation to occupational risks: norms and criteria of the CJEU
- Regulatory framework for European social security: regulations, coordination method, basic principles and practical examples of "transnational" benefits

Session 4 - PRACTICAL ISSUES ON TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTROL OF THE LABOR RELATIONSHIP: normative frameworks, judicial criteria and practical experiences in the EU

- The opposing rights at stake (company / worker) as a starting point
-Control of the use of internet and e-mail facilitated by the company
- Geolocation of workers
- Video surveillance
-Telework and crowdfunding. Real cases and legal and judicial solutions

Methodology

The methodology will consist in:

- Master classes, where the professor will present and discuss around a topic, but expecting an active involvement by the student

- Assignments. Every week, the professor will explain a short assignment to be worked out and presented by students in groups of 2-3 the next week

- Oral presentation. Students in groups will have to prepare a reading and make a short presentation in class

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Master classes 22 0.88 2, 3, 4
Type: Autonomous      
Assignments 83 3.32 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Oral presentation 20 0.8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Reading of materials and preparation of summaries of articles 25 1 1, 2, 3, 4

Assessment

The evaluation of the module will be based on two elements:
										
											- First, the active participation of students in class, through:
										
											o Presentation and discussion of readings
										
											o Comments and interventions
										
											- Secondly, the realization of exercises based on the contents of the sessions

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Assignments 50% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Oral presentation 35% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Parcipation in class activities 15% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Bibliography

Parte A

Sesión 1

 

-              Locke, R., Kochan, T., & Piore, M. (1995). Reconceptualizing comparative industrial relations: Lessons from international research. Int'l Lab. Rev., 134, 139.

-              Beneyto, P. J. (2008). El sindicalismo español en perspectiva europea: de la anomalía a la convergencia/The Spanish trade unionism from an European perspective: from anomaly to convergence. Cuadernos de relaciones laborales, 26(1), 57.

-              Barranco, O., & Molina, Ó. (2014). Sindicalismo y crisis económica: Amenazas, retos y oportunidades. kult-ur, 1(2), 171-194.

-              Bernaciak, M., Gumbell-McCormic, R., & Hyman, R. (2015). El sindicalismo europeo:¿ de la crisis a la renovación?. Fundación 1o de Mayo.

-              Lucio, M. M. (2008). ¿ Todavía organizaciones del descontento?: los retos de las estrategias de renovación sindical en España. Arxius de sociologia, (18), 119-133.

-              Frege, C., & Kelly, J. E. (Eds.). (2004). Varieties of unionism: Strategies for union revitalization in a globalizing economy. Oxford University Press on Demand.

 

Sesión 2

Regini, M. (2003). Tripartite concertation and varieties of capitalism. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 9(3), 251-263.

-              Fernández, V. R., & Bazza, A. (2016). Repensando las Variedades de Capitalismo desde la Periferia. Desenvolvimento em Questão, 14(35).

-              Hall, P. A., & Soskice, D. (2001). Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage

 

Sesión 3

 

Calmfors, L., & Driffill, J. (1988). Bargaining structure, corporatism and macroeconomic performance. Economic policy, 3(6), 13-61.

-              Metcalf, D., Hansen, K., & Charlwood, A. (2001). Unions and the sword of justice: unions and pay systems, pay inequality, pay discrimination and low pay. National Institute Economic Review, 176(1), 61-75.

-              Molina, O., & Rhodes, M. (2002). Corporatism: The past, present, and future of a concept. Annual review of political science, 5(1), 305-331.

 

Sesión 4

Bieler, A., Erne, R., Golden, D., Helle, I., Kjeldstadli, K., Matos, T., & Stan, S. (Eds.). (2015). Labour and transnational action in times of crisis. Pickering & Chatto Publishers.

- Hyman, R. (2015). Tres hipótesis sobre el futuro de las relaciones laborales en Europa. Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 134(1), 5-15

- Beneyto, P. J. (2016). Trabajo y sindicalismo en la globalización Work and unionism in the globalization era. Revista Española de Sociología (RES), 25(1), 57-83.

 

PARTE B

 

Sesión 1

PURCALLA BONILLA, M.A. (2009): El trabajo globalizado: realidades y propuestas. Thomson-Aranzadi

TRIGUEROS MARTÍNEZ, L.A. (2012): Los derechos sociales fundamentales de los trabajadores inmigrantes, Comares

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Sesión 2

CERVERA SOTO, T. y CID BABARRO, C. (2016): El despido colectivo. Claves prácticas y análisis jurisprudencial, Lex Nova

PURCALLA BONILLA, M.A.: “La extinción colectiva de los contratos de trabajo en las AA públicas y en el sector público”. Revista Española de Derecho del Trabajo, nº 162-2014, págs. 37-70

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Sesión 3

PURCALLA BONILLA, M.A. y PRECIADO DOMÈNECH, C.H.: “Salud laboral y prevención de riesgos laborales (normas generales y sectoriales)”, Revista del Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social, nº 177-2015, págs. 185-2011

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Sesión 4

LLAMOSAS TRAPAGA, A. (2015): Relaciones laborales y NTIC, Dykinson

PURCALLA BONILLA, M.A. y PRECIADO DOMÈNECH, C.H.: “Trabajo a distancia y teletrabajo”, Actualidad Laboral, nº 2, 2013.

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