Description

Aim of the subject is to acquire legal knowledge in the field of EU labour law.

Instructors

red. prof. dr. DARJA SENČUR PEČEK, univ. dipl. prav.

Contents

Development, notion and purpose of european labour law 
Legal sources of European labour law
The concept of employee in EU law
Generally on migrants workers 
Equality law
Working conditions (obligation to provide information on working conditions, working time, protection of young employees)
Health and safety at work
Protection of maternity and parenthood
Atypical contracts of employment (part-time, fixed-term, temporary agency work)
Employee rights on restructuring of enterpirses (transfer of undertakings, collective redundancies, employer's insolvency)
Collective labour law

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course the student will be able
•    To demonstrate knowledge on legal institutes of labour law EU
•    To use statutory rules in particular typical cases

Recommended Readings and Tools

- Jaspers T., Pennings F., Peters S., European Labour Law (2nd edition), Intersentia, 2024
- Barnard C., EU Employment law, Fourth Edition, Oxford University Press, 2012
- Lizbonska pogodba. Listina EU o temeljih pravicah in direktive/The Lisbon Treaty, Charter on fundamental rights and directives
- Sodna praksa Sodišča EU/case law of Court of Justice-POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Analysis of the criteria for establishing the existence of an employment relationship of platform workers under the Platform Work Directive – high expectations and limited outcome?. Revista jurídica Portucalense. 2025, vol. 1, no. 38, str. 106-122. ISSN 2183-5705. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/juridica/article/view/41057, Digitalna knjižnica Univerze v Mariboru – DKUM, dCOBISS, DOI: 10.34625/issn.2183-2705(38)2025.ic-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 243626243]
- POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Access of platform workers to collective rights – the fall of the binary divide?. Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi. 2024, roč. 32, č. 2, str. 195-212. ISSN 1210-9126. https://journals.muni.cz/cpvp/article/view/38115, DOI: 10.5817/CPVP2024-2-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 202935555]
- POLAJŽAR, Aljoša. Covert surveillance at the workplace and the ECtHR approach : possible risks of breaching GDPR rules. E-journal of international and comparative labour studies. 2023, vol. 12, no. 3, str. 20-46. ISSN 2280-4056. https://ejcls.adapt.it/index.php/ejcls_adapt/article/view/1451. [COBISS.SI-ID 204242179]

Planned Activities

Lecture
Seminar 
Tutorial

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Oral examination: 80%

Oral presentation: 20%