SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
MODELO
PED.013.02
Course
Human resources management
Subject
Labour Law and Social Protection
Type of course
Year
Professor(s)
Area Coordinator
Academic year
2013/2014
ECTS 6
Compulsory
2nd
Semester
1st sem.
Maria do Rosário Dolgner
Student Workload:
Total
168
Contact
128
Maria Manuela Natário
Planned
1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Make students aware of the evolution, the content and the legal concepts of Labour Law,
as well as generically approach some legal aspects related to social protection. The
objective is also, through the given contents and methodology, to provide students with
tools that allow them to solve questions resorting to the applicable legislation.
2. PROGRAMME
I-INTRODUTION TO THE LABOUR LAW
1- Object, ambit and notion of Labour Law
2- Formation and evolution of Labour Law
3- The sources of Labour Law
II-The employment contract
1- The employment contract: notion, essential features and juridical characterisation
2- Employment contract and provision of services contract: differences
3- Contracts equated to employment contracts.
4- The formation of the employment contract: processes and assumptions
5- The invalidity of the employment contract
6- The probation period
7- Powers and duties of the employer
8- Rights, duties and guarantees of the employee
9- The object of the providing of employment (?)
10- Duration and organisation of labour time
11- The different variations of an employment contract: fixed term, temporary, part-time,
intermittent, comission of service and teleworking.
12- The cessation of the employment contract: general considerations and variations.
III-THE SOCIAL PROTECTION
1-Introdution – general aspects
2-The protection during and after the cessation of the labour relation
3-The general contributory regime of employees
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MODELO
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3. COHERENCE BETWEEN PROGRAMME AND OBJECTIVES
As the main objective is to provide students with knowledge related to the evolution of
Labour Law and the fundamental concepts of the same branch of Law, and also some
concepts in the area of social protection, all contents expressed in the several topics (I to
III) are in agreement with the defined objectives, as they deal with the previously referred
evolution and with the previously mentioned fundamental concepts, as the one which
concerns the evolution of Labour Law (I), the employment contract (II), and the social
protection (III). The objective of the practical resolution of problems in this area is
reached through the methodologies that will be used.
4. MAIN BIBLIOGRAPHY
COMPULSORY BIBLIOGRAPHY
-AMADO, João Leal, Contrato de Trabalho, Coimbra Editora, 2013.
-Código do Trabalho
-Lei de Bases da Segurança Social
-Código dos regimes contributivos do sistema previdencial de segurança social
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
-QUINTAS, Paula e QUINTAS, Hélder, Manual de Direito do Trabalho e de Processo
do Trabalho, Almedina.
- LEITÃO, Luís Manuel Teles de Menezes, Direito do Trabalho, Almedina, 2012
- FERNANDES, António Lemos Monteiro, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra,
Almedina,2012.
-GOMES, Júlio Vieira, Direito do Trabalho, Coimbra Editora, 2007.
5. TEACHING METHODOLOGIES (INCLUDING EVALUATION)
Teaching Methodologies:
-Expository method
-Interrogative method
-Case study based on judicial decisions
-Resolution of problems
Evaluation rules
-A frequency exam (100%)
-Examinations (normal period and special period).
One will get approval in the curricular unit by having the minimum grade of 10.
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6. COHERENCE BETWEEN TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND OBJECTIVES
The objectives related to the acquisition of knowledge about the evolution of Labour
Law, the basic concepts previously mentioned, will be reached using the methodologies
previously indicated, namely through interrogative and expository methods, on a first
approach. The objective related with the resolution of real situations in the future will be
reached through the practical application of concepts through the resolution of practical
cases and study cases, which goes through the knowledge of the legislation in force and
the study of judicial decisions.
7. CONTACTS AND OFFICE HOURS
Email: [email protected]
TM: 918763005
Office nº 18 da ESTG
Office hours: Monday from 14.30 to 17.30 hours.
Date:
Signature:
Signature:
Area Coordinator
Professor
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