Předměty

The course provides a summary and an analysis of key instruments of the current EU labour and social law. The presentation include basic information about the concept of employee and worker in the EU law, and focus on key areas such as discrimination and equality; work-life balance; working time; automatic employee transfers; pay transparency and adequacy; immigration; social security; social services; healthcare etc. If appropriate, national regulations of the Czech Republic and selected other countries will be examined.

Poslední úprava: Tomšej Jakub, doc. JUDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2025)

Exam:

In order to complete the subject, students need to attend at least 70% of classes.

The course can be completed with one of the following options:

1. Essay. Students need to agree with one of the teachers on the topic of the essay and submit an essay (of at least 18000 digits) at the latest on the day of the last presentation. The essay should contain a reflection on selected topic of labour and social law. For example, analysis of selected intruments of EU law or CJEU judgements and their influence upon the national law of the country where the student comes from are very welcome. The essay should contain an original analysis of the topic rather than just replicating other texts, and it should contain a bibliography.

2. Test. Those who do not submit an essay can take a written test with multiple choice questions covering the topics of the presentations.

Poslední úprava: Tomšej Jakub, doc. JUDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2025)

Outline of the Course

Introduction in labour law, the concept of worker
Key principles of EU labour law
Contract of employment, employment relationship, establishment, changes and termination
Working time, rest periods
Salary and working conditions
Discrimination and its ban in social law
Work-life balance in social law
Social protection
Posting of workers
Coordination of social security laws

Course Goals:

After hearing this course, students will be able to:

Identify main workers‘ rights

Identify discrimination and face it

Propose concrete instruments to harmonize private and work life

Critically reflect on several pieces of social legislation

Means of communication: Moodle

Reading List

PICHRT, J.; ŠTEFKO, M.: Labour Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2009

KOLDINSKÁ, K., LANG, R. Social security law. Kluwer Law International. The Hague, 2020
ŠTEFKO, M.: Czech Labour Law in European Context, Charles University Press, Prague 2007
TRÖSTER, P., VYSOKAJOVÁ, M.: International Encyclopaedia of Social Security Law - Czech Republic, Suppl. 57, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2006
KOLDINSKÁ, K., ŠTEFKO, M. Sociální vývoj a sociální situace v České republice v roce 2008, Die soziale Entwicklung und soziale Lage in der Tschechischen Republik im Jahr 2008, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Prag Analyse aus der Tschechischen Republik 1/2009, available at http://www.fesprag.cz/cs/system/files/books/2009-1-cz.pdf, http://www.fesprag.cz/cs/system/files/books/2009-1.pdf
KOLDINSKA, K.: Czech and Slovak Labour Law - Protective or liberal? In: International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Kluwer Law International No 24/3 2008
KOLDINSKÁ, K.: Soziales Europa? Testfall Tschechien. In: Collegium Europaeum Jenense (Hg.): Sociales Europa Testfall Polen und Tschechien (Tagung vom 15. Juni 2007). Edition Paideia, Verlag IKS Garamond, Jena 2008
KOLDINSKÁ, K.: Gender Equality: Before and Aer the Enlargement of EU: The Case of the Czech Republic. In: European Law Journal, No. 2, 2007, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford

Poslední úprava: Tomšej Jakub, doc. JUDr., Ph.D. (30.01.2025)