Università Roma Tre

The course is aimed to analyze and deepen the trade union law, the discipline of the individual employment relationship, employment in public administrations and public and private social security. Particular attention will be paid to the most recent regulatory reforms and their application by case-law.
First of all, general notions and sources (domestic and international) of employment law will be examined in the context of economic globalization and the crisis of the welfare state (1st teaching unit).
Then the study of trade union law will be addressed, including the following topics: historical evolution and sources; trade union organisation; collective bargaining; problems of trade union representation; strike, including in essential public services (2nd unit).
Subsequently, the discipline of the contract and the employment relationship will be examined in greater depth, and in particular the following topics: the labour market; the subordinate employment relationship, its nature and connotations, differences with respect to the self-employment relationship; the types of employment relationships and contractual models; the matching of labour supply and demand; the employment contract, subjective and objective requirements; the obligations of the employer; the powers of the employer; the protection of the freedom and dignity of the employee; the rights of the worker and in particular the rights of the person and remuneration; the content of the employment performance; the termination of the employment relationship and in particular individual and collective dismissals; the protection of the rights of the employee; changes in the employment relationship, with particular reference to the transfer of the company; employment in public administrations (3rd unit).
Finally, there will be an in-depth study of public and private social security, and in particular: constitutional principles; pension protection; supplementary social security; protection against accidents at work and occupational diseases; protection against involuntary unemployment (4th unit).

For the Bachelor's degree (10 CFU), the teaching material is as follows:
G. PROIA, Manuale di diritto del lavoro, Padova, Wolters Kluver - Cedam, 2024 (excluding the seventh chapter).