IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) SOCIAL LAW IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Code 15204202
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Labour Relations and Employment (2009)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional 1Q
Language
Català
Department Public Law
Coordinator
CREMADES CHUECA, ORIOL
GONZÁLEZ BONDIA, ALFONSO
E-mail alfonso.gonzalez@urv.cat
Lecturers
GONZÁLEZ BONDIA, ALFONSO
Web http://https://campusvirtual.urv.cat/
General description and relevant information <p>This subject is part of the mention of technician in labor relations. To obtain it, you must pass 18 credits in the mentioned subjects. The rest of the optional credits, up to 30, can be from all the activated optional subjects offered in the Degree.</p><p>The subject tries to understand the relationships between national law and European Union law, the importance of European Union institutions in our legal system and, in particular, in Social Law and to understand the relevance of regulations and case law on specific topics of the Social Law of the European Union.</p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 CE1 Correct identification and interpretation of the basic elements of the legal system and the framework that regulates labour relations, social security and employment
 CE4 Awareness of the complexity, and dynamic and interrelational nature of work and its social agents, with particular attention to the legal, organizational, psychological, sociological, historical and economic aspects
 CE5 Use of legal arguments and reasoning in the ambit of labour relations
 CE6 Advice, representation, negotiation and solutions to disputes in the various areas of labour relations
 CE7 Intervention in and management of labour relations from the social and employment perspectives
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 CE1 Understand how the general legal system of labour relations operates
 CE4 Are made aware of the complexity of labour relations in the current context
 CE5 General
 CE6 General
 CE7 General
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Topic 1. Introduction to Social Law of the European Union 1. Institutional structure of the European Union and Social Law of the European Union
2. Regulatory framework of the European Union and Social Law of the European
3. The relationships and interaction between the European Union and national regulations
4. Powers of the European Union in matters of Social Law
5. The European Pillar of Social Rights
Topic 2. The concept of worker and transparent and predictable working conditions in European Union Law 1. The concept of worker in the Social Law of the European Union
2. Information on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union
Topic 3. The free movement of workers in European Union Law 1. Regulatory framework for the free movement of workers in the European Union
2. Protection of displaced workers within the framework of a transnational provision of services
3. The coordination of the national Social Security systems
4. The European Labor Authority
Topic 4. Equality and non-discrimination in European Union Law 1. General regulatory framework for equal treatment in subordinate work and employment
2. Equality of treatment of people regardless of their racial or ethnic origin
3. Equal opportunities and equal treatment between men and women in matters of subordinate work and employment
Topic 5. The protection of workers in the transfer of undertakings and collective dismissals in the European Union Law 1. The protection of workers in the transfer of undertakings
2. The protection of workers in collective dismissals
Topic 6. Information, consultation, collective bargaining and collective conflict in European Union Law 1. Regulatory framework on information, consultation, collective bargaining and collective conflict in European Union Law
2. The European Works Council
Topic 7. Safety and health at work in European Union Law 1. The right to safety and health in the worker as a fundamental right in the European Union
2. The framework directive on the application of measures to promote the improvement of the safety and health of workers at work
3. The specific Directives on safety and health at work

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
CE1
CE4
1 0 1
Lecture
CE1
CE4
14 8 22
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom
CE1
CE5
CE6
CE7
6 9 15
Personal attention
CE4
3 0 3
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
CE1
CE4
CE5
CE6
CE7
2 32 34
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Prior to the start of the theoretical and practical classes, individual introductory sessions will be held, intended to explain the aims to be achieved with these teaching activities, as well as the organizational, methodological and assessment guidelines specific to them.

The recording (sound and/or image) of the introductory activities by any means and device is strictly prohibited.

All material from and/or linked to the introductory activities (including, among others, notes, diagrams, presentations -including power point ones-, statements of practical cases and resolutions) is legally protected by the corresponding intellectual property rights. It is also prohibited to publish these materials (either partially or fully, as well as fragments and/or variations with different formats - for example, notes) on the internet and digital platforms other than the specific virtual platform of the subject , as well as its mass dissemination.
Lecture Presentation of the theoretical content of the subject, in which the students' participation is encouraged in order to clarify all the questions they raise in relation to such content.

Although attending classes is not mandatory, it is highly recommended, in order to verify the correct understanding of the knowledge that makes up both the theoretical and the practical part of the subject.

The recording (sound and/or image) of lecture sessions by any means and device is strictly prohibited.

All material from and/or linked to the lecture sessions (including, among others, notes, diagrams, presentations -including power point ones-, statements of practical cases and resolutions) is legally protected by the corresponding intellectual property rights. It is also prohibited to publish these materials (either partially or fully, as well as fragments and/or variations with different formats - for example, notes) on the internet and digital platforms other than the specific virtual platform of the subject , as well as its mass dissemination.
Problem solving, exercises in the classroom Realization in practical class, individually and collectively, of practical cases. To carry out these cases, the student will use the knowledge acquired in the master's classes and others that the teaching staff may indicate.

Although attending classes is not mandatory, it is highly recommended, in order to verify the correct understanding of the knowledge that makes up both the theoretical and the practical part of the subject.

It is strictly forbidden to record (sound and/or image) the solutions to problems and exercises in the ordinary classroom by any means or device.

All material of and/or linked to the resolution of problems and exercises in the ordinary classroom (including, among others, notes, diagrams, presentations -including those of power point-, statements of practical cases and resolutions) is legally protected by corresponding intellectual property rights. It is also prohibited to publish these materials (either partially or fully, as well as fragments and/or variations with different formats - for example, notes) on the internet and digital platforms other than the specific virtual platform of the subject , as well as its mass dissemination.
Personal attention The teaching staff of the subject will attend to the doubts that the students have in relation to the content of the teaching activities of the subject. This attention can be dispensed, indiscriminately, in person or by means of a video conference upon prior request by email to the teaching staff of the subject.

The recording (sound and/or image), publication and dissemination of personalized attention by any means, device and digital platform is strictly prohibited, unless authorized by the teacher in a written, specific and concrete manner.

Personalized attention
Description

The teaching staff of the subject will attend to the doubts that the student body has in relation to the content of the teaching activities of the subject. This attention may be provided, indistinctly, in person or by videoconference upon request by email to the teaching staff of the subject.

The recording (sound and/or image), publication and dissemination of personalized attention by any means, device, internet and digital platform is strictly prohibited.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Multiple-choice objective tests
CE1
CE4
CE5
CE6
CE7
During the course, 2 multiple choice written tests will be carried out in the classroom, where wrong answers will be penalized. A test test will correspond to the theoretical part and another to the practical part.

The grade obtained in the passed test(s) will be kept until the end of the tests that make up the 2nd call. Wrong answers in the evaluation tests will be penalized.
100% (50%+50%)
Others   Wrong answers in the evaluation tests will be penalized.

Both in continuous assessment and in the 2nd call, in order to perform the weighted average between the different assessment tests, the student must have obtained a minimum score of four (4.00) points in each of them.

To pass the course, it will be necessary for the score resulting from the weighted average of the assessment tests taken into account in accordance with the criteria of this teaching guide to be at least five (5.00) points.
 
Other comments and second exam session

Both in continuous assessment and in the 2nd call, in order to make the weighted average between the different assessment tests, the student must have obtained a minimum score of four (4.00) points in each of them. In order to pass the subject, it will be necessary that the score resulting from the weighted average of the evaluation tests taken into account in accordance with the criteria of this teaching guide is at least five (5.00) points.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION CRITERIA

In order to continue the continuous assessment, you must take all the assessment tests proposed during the subject. Failure to complete any of the assessment activities will mean that the student cannot be assessed in accordance with the continuous assessment system and, consequently, must examine the theoretical part (the entire syllabus) and from the practical part in the second call to pass the subject.

EVALUATION IN 2ND CALL

Reserved for students who have not followed the continuous assessment system or who, having followed it, have not obtained a minimum of five (5.00) points from the weighted average.

In the 2nd call, students who have followed the continuous assessment will only be examined for the test or tests not passed with a score of less than five (5.00) points. The grades obtained in the approved test(s) from the continuous assessment with five (5.00) or more points will be kept until the end of the tests that make up the 2nd call and, in this case, the final mark of the subject will be the result of the weighted average of the assessment tests carried out in the 2nd call and the test(s) passed in the continuous assessment.

OTHER QUESTIONS

During the performance of the evaluation tests, no type of communication, transmission and data storage device that is not expressly authorized for the test may be carried. The demonstrably fraudulent completion of any test with the use of material support such as electronic or without the use of support of any kind (copying, plagiarism or any other fraudulent behavior) will result in the grade of suspension (zero —0.00— points) in this test.


Sources of information

Basic
1. Handbooks and general references
  • GÓMEZ ABELLEIRA, Francisco Javier, Esquemas de Derecho del Trabajo y Seguridad Social de la Unión Europea, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2022.

  • GOERLICH PESET, José María (Dir.), Derecho del Trabajo, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023.

  • MERCADER UGUINA, Jesús Ramón, Lecciones de Derecho del Trabajo, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023.

2. Monographs and articles in specialized journals

Without prejudice to the fact that others may be recommended during the course in parallel with the explanations of the discipline:

  • CALZADILLA MEDINA, María Aránzazu y MARTINÓN QUINTERO, Ruth (Dirs.), El Derecho de la Unión Europea ante los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2022.
  • GÓMEZ URQUIJO, Laura (Ed.), Pilar europeo de derechos sociales: contribución al empleo y al mercado de trabajo europeo, Cizur Menor (Navarra), Aranzadi-Thomson Reuters, 2018.

3. Compilations of labor regulations

It is essential to use Labor Law and Social Security legislation that is fully up-to-date.

For these purposes, the main (private) legal publishers publish compilations and codes of labor and Social Security legislation (some with comments and cross-references). Likewise, the State Agency of the Official State Gazette (BOE) makes available for free on its website different electronic codes on Labor Law and Social Security that can be downloaded in various electronic formats and which are updated periodically.

Also, the database of the European Union (in particular, EUR-Lex) is important, as well as those of private publishers, such as Aranzadi Instituciones, IUSTEL and VLex.

4. Case law repertoires

Public databases (CENDOJ, Constitutional Court, Court of Justice of the European Union, etc.), as well as private publishers, such as Aranzadi Instituciones, IUSTEL and VLex.

Complementary

Recommendations


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
LABOUR LAW II/15204105
TRADE UNION LAW II/15204104
LABOUR LAW I/15204006
SOCIAL SECURITY LAW I/15204007
TRADE UNION LAW I/15204103
SOCIAL SECURITY LAW II/15204109
ASPECTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/15204004
HISTORY OF LABOUR RELATIONS/15204003
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.