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Socio-employment Policy

Code: 100502 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Labour Relations OB 2

Contact

Name:
Lidia Andrés Delgado
Email:
lidia.andres@uab.cat

Teachers

Marcela Arqueros Wood

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Teacher group 1 of theory and classroom practices: Marcela Arqueros Wood.

Teacher group 51 of theory and classroom practices: Lidia Andres Delgado.

"The teaching of the subject will be given taking into account the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals."

 

 

 


Objectives and Contextualisation

This subject is aimed at the knowledge and analysis of public policies that affect the labor market and daily life. It provides a complementary vision to the subject Labor Economics.
										
											It is about analyzing the problems and dilemmas that arise in the working environment, knowing the public policies that are developed in response to these problems, and analyzing the effects that these policies generate on the functioning of labor activity and the living conditions of the population.
										
											The explicit objectives to highlight of the subject are:
										
											• 1 Knowledge and evaluation of the problems that justify the application of socio-labor policies
										
											• 2 Knowledge of the characteristics and critical points of the main socio-labor policies, learning to conceptualize their objectives and mechanisms
										
											• 3 Learning to evaluate the effects of these policies, how they interact with the environment in which they are applied, and how they interact with each other
										
											• 4 Learning to discuss the contents, objectives and impacts of political proposals in order to be able to make a rational analysis of them
										
											• 5 Learning to compare different models of socio-labor policies

 

 

 


Competences

  • Advising union and business organizations and their members.
  • Applying the information and communication technologies to the different areas of action.
  • Clearly expressing ideas or facts in a compelling way.
  • Connecting the labour market needs, demands, and fluctuations, and the dynamics and policies of the industrial relations.
  • Contextualising the social events from a (geographical, historical, economic, ecological, sociopolitical or cultural) global point of view.
  • Contrasting the equality between men and women in the workplace and solving the issues arisen with the Act on Equality.
  • Distinguishing the special needs of labour integration in different groups of workers (with mental or psychical disabilities, immigrants...).
  • Drawing up and formalising reports and documents.
  • Interpreting data and socioeconomic indicators concerning the labour market.
  • Organising and managing the available time.
  • Producing, implementing and assessing territorial strategies of economic promotion and labour integration.
  • Properly analysing the specific situations of reconciliation of work and family life, and implementing the corresponding regulations.
  • Retain the ethical values and moral standards in decision-making.
  • Students must be aware of the impact and implications of decisions and activities in other company areas.
  • Students must be capable of persuading others to agree with their point of view.
  • Understanding the dynamic and changing character of the labour relations in the national and international field.
  • Verbally communicating and defending a project.
  • Working autonomously.
  • Working effectively in teams.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analysing the economic globalisation in the national and international fields.
  2. Applying the information and communication technologies to the different areas of action.
  3. Assessing and contrasting the segmentation and discrimination in the labour market.
  4. Classifying the general and specific policies of occupation. Assessing the equality between men and women in the labour market.
  5. Classifying the working time regulations.
  6. Clearly expressing ideas or facts in a compelling way.
  7. Defining the equality policies.
  8. Describing the Social Security policies.
  9. Distinguishing the migratory policies.
  10. Drawing up and formalising reports and documents.
  11. Economically analysing the policies of the current working conditions.
  12. Explaining the structure of the labour market
  13. Identifying and distinguishing the policies affecting employment.
  14. Identifying the institutional aspects of the labour market in order to relate the needs, demands and fluctuations of the labour market and their dynamics.
  15. Identifying the position of the Spanish labour market within the context of globalisation.
  16. Knowing the structure of the labour market.
  17. Organising and managing the available time.
  18. Producing and verbally defending written texts of topics related with the previous competences.
  19. Recognising the economic policies of the current working conditions.
  20. Recognising the institutional aspects of the labour market.
  21. Retain the ethical values and moral standards in decision-making.
  22. Solving and debating the policies affecting employment as trade unions and employer's organizations.
  23. Students must be aware of the impact and implications of decisions and activities in other company areas.
  24. Students must be capable of persuading others to agree with their point of view.
  25. Understanding the data concerning employment supply and demand.
  26. Understanding the employment supply and demand.
  27. Understanding the general and specific policies of occupation.
  28. Verbally communicating and defending a project.
  29. Working autonomously.
  30. Working effectively in teams.

Content

The main objective is to study, from an economic perspective, the main intervention policies in the labor market and its related spaces, highlighting the different options and their effects.

 Part 1. The role of socio-labour policies

 1.  Labour activity

         Labour and social needs. The spaces of labour: markets, families and public regulation

 2.  The role of Public Policy

      The role and forms of public regulation. Public policies. National models of employment

 Part 2. Employment policies

 3.  Macroeconomic policies

         The concept of full employment. Keynesian and neoliberal policies. Employment policies in the era of globalisation

 4.  Policies of protection to unemployed

         Types of policies and their economic effects. From welfare to workfare. The debate on universal income

 5.  Active employment policies

         Assesment to unemployed people. Ocupational training. Employment promotion

 Part 3. Other labour policies

 6.  Time policies

      The debate on worktime and their employment effects. Time flexibility and every day life

 7.  Migratory policies

      Types of migrations and types of policies. The effect of flux policies on labour markets

 8.  Policies against inequalitys

      Inequalities in the labour market. Gender policies. The role of unions and collective bargaining

 Part 4. Othes policies with social and labour effects

 9. Social Security and labour markets

     Social Security systems and their labourmarket impacts. State ofthe art

10. Personal autonomy Policies

     The dependency law in Spain

 

 

 

 

 

 


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
PRACTICE CLASSES 22 0.88 11, 1, 2, 21, 5, 27, 26, 16, 24, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 29, 30, 3
THEORY CLASSES 22 0.88 11, 1, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 16, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 14, 13, 20, 19, 22, 3
Type: Autonomous      
INDIVIDUAL LEARNING 60 2.4 11, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 16, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 14, 13, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 29, 3
READING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES 16 0.64 11, 1, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 28, 16, 24, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 29, 30, 3
TEAM WORK 30 1.2 11, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 28, 16, 24, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 23, 29, 30, 3 

TEACHING METHODOLOGY
										
											The center of the learning process is the work of the students, who learn by working, with the mission of the teachers to help them in this task, providing them with information and showing them the sources where they need to direct their steps so that the learning process can be carried out effectively. In accordance with these ideas, and in accordance with the objectives of the subject, the development of the course is based on the following activities, which are divided into three large groups:
										
											Directed activity: students achieve the conceptual bases of the subject as well as the contextualization of the facts by attending theoretical classes and classroom practices. Theoretical classes are the activities in which less interactivity with the students is required, since they are conceived as a fundamentally unidirectional method of transmitting knowledge from the teachers to the students.
										
											Supervised activities: students, with the timely supervision of the teachers, acquire knowledge of the subject autonomously (tutorials).
										
											Autonomous activities: students organize themselves autonomously (study, document consultations, assignments, etc.) in order to achieve the objective of the subject.
 

 

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION 10% 0 0 11, 1, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 28, 16, 24, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 23, 29, 30, 3
TEAM WORK 30% 0 0 11, 2, 21, 5, 4, 27, 26, 28, 16, 24, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 23, 29, 30, 3
Two exams 60% 0 0 11, 5, 4, 27, 26, 16, 7, 8, 9, 25, 12, 6, 14, 13, 17, 18, 20, 19, 10, 22, 29, 3 

INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION: 2 written tests and class participation
										
											The conceptual and theoretical knowledge of the subject achieved by the student is assessed, as well as their capacity for analysis and critical reasoning.
										
											The individual evaluation is carried out through:
										
											• 2 written tests
										
											• Class participation
										
											The individual evaluation grade is the weighted average of the 2 tests (30% each), provided that a grade equal to or greater than 4.0 has been obtained in each test, and 10% class participation.
										
											The grade obtained in the individual evaluation represents 70% of the final grade for the subject.

GROUP EVALUATION: oral presentation
										
											The work carried out in the group and the achievement of the associated skills are evaluated. To carry out this evaluation, the following will be taken into account:
										
											• The documentation submitted by the students regarding their group work
										
											• The oral presentation of the group work in class
										
											The grade obtained represents 30% of the final grade for the subject, but it is necessary to obtain a grade of at least 4.0 out of 10 to pass the subject.

NOT EVALUABLE
										
											Students will be assessable provided that they have completed a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade forthe subject. If the value of the activities carried out does not reach this threshold, the subject teaching staff may consider classifying the student as not assessable.
										
											

REASSESSMENT
										
											In the event that the final grade of 5.0 is not obtained by averaging the individual grade and the group grade or if a minimum grade of 4.0 is not obtained in either of the two tests, the student may take the reassessment test.
										
											The reassessment test represents 60% of the final grade for the subject if neither of the two written tests has been passed, or 30% in the event that one of the written tests has not been passed. It is necessary to obtain a grade of at least 4.0 out of 10 in the reassessment, either of one or both tests, to pass the subject.

SPECIAL CASES
										
											In cases where students cannot attend the written tests, and duly justified, the subject teachers will establish the recovery mechanisms.
										
											
										
											SINGLE EVALUATION
										
											The single evaluation is carried out through:
										
											• 2 written tests, each of the tests has as its object a part of the subject syllabus. So that test 1 includes topics 1 to 5 of the syllabus and test 2 topics 6 to 10. The tests will be held on the same day and this day will be the one indicated by the faculty to carry out the subject exam in June.
										
											• Practical work with a weight on the final grade of 30%, which must be submitted on the same day that the tests are held.The individual assessment grade is the weighted average of the 2 written tests (35% each) and the practical work (30%), provided that a grade equal to or higher than 4.0 has been obtained in each test and in the practical work.
										
											In the event that the final grade of at least 5.0 is not obtained, the same reassessment system will be applied as for the continuous assessment, but with the difference that the reassessment test represents 70% of the final grade for the subject.
										
											Likewise, the same non-assessable criterion will be applied as for the continuous assessment when applicable.
FRAUDULENT CONDUCT
										
											“Students who copy or attempt to copy an exam will receive a 0 in the subject and will lose the right to re-evaluation. Students who present a practice where there are signs of plagiarism or who cannot justify the arguments for their practice will receive a 0 and will receive a warning. In the event of repetition of the behavior, the student will fail the subject (0) and will lose the right to re-evaluation.”
										
											
										
											USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
										
											Restricted use: “For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively in support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction or translations or activities indicated by the teacher. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a partial or total penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctionsin serious cases.
 
 
 

Bibliography

BANYULS, J., CANO, E., PITXER, J.V. SANCHEZ, A. (2005) Economia Laboral i Polítiques d’Ocupació. Universitat de València.

CAMPBELL, R. i MC CONNELL (2010)  Economía Laboral. McGraw-Hill, Madrid.

RECIO, A. (1997) Trabajos, personas, mercados  FUHEM Icaria, Barcelona.

ROHR, M. (2025) Análisis económico de las políticas sociolaborales. Ed. Tirant Lo Blanch.

 

Specialized bibliography for each topic will be provided, when necessary. You will find this material on the subject's Virtual Campus.

 

 

 

 

 

Software

Office software, TEAMS and other software when necessary.


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(PAUL) Classroom practices 51 Catalan second semester afternoon
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish second semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 51 Catalan second semester afternoon