Labour Law(HUK401)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUK401 | Labour Law | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Type | Compulsory |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Sedef KOÇ TANGÜN skoc@gsu.edu.tr (Email) E.Murat ENGİN mengin@gsu.edu.tr (Email) Hazal TOLU hazaltolu@windowslive.com (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | The aim of the course is to have the basic concepts of labour law and be aware of the legislation and court decisions in this area. |
| Content | Within the context of this course, the subject and the basic elements of labour law will be presented, the employment agreement will be introduced with all his aspects. The collective labour relations will be analysed. The discussion will be based on real-life cases and stories. |
| Course Learning Outcomes | The students will have a knowledge of labour law and develop their capacity of critical analysis. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | Lecture, practice, case method |
| References |
Sarper Süzek, İş Hukuku, İstanbul 2017 Turkish labour codes Court of Cassation Rulings |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Subject of labour law |
| 2 | General definitions |
| 3 | General definitions |
| 4 | Employment agreement |
| 5 | Workers' obligations |
| 6 | Employers' obligations |
| 7 | Working hours |
| 8 | Vacations |
| 9 | Suspension of employment agreement |
| 10 | Termination of employment contract |
| 11 | Termination of employment contract |
| 12 | Safety and labour hygiene |
| 13 | Trade union rights |
| 14 | Collective labour contracts, collective labour disputes, strikes |
Practice Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|
Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Toplam | 1 | 40 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 96 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 3,84 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 4 | ||