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Current Problems of the European Union Social Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:03
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_044 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Kudeikina | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Social Rights. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to provide students with in-depth knowledge, competences and skills in the important area of law, social security and social assistance mechanisms, strategies and national development plan, social rights development in the European Union interdisciplinary issues related to EU social rights issues. The course deals with the functioning of the European and Latvian social security structures and the most important laws and international documents. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of social rights. The principle of a social state. Basic principles of the Treaty establishing the European Union. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Sources of social law and characteristics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Social security system and human resources from legal perspective. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Employment policy and regulatory framework in the field of labour. Measures to combat social exclusion and poverty. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Procedures for employment of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Latvia. Free movement of workers in the European Union. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Personal status. Citizen, alien, stateless person. Citizen of the European Union and non-citizen of the Republic of Latvia. Employer. Employee, unemployed, self-employed, economic operator. People without social insurance. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | European pillar of social rights and prospects and challenges for the social future | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Social assistance and social services form national and internationals perspective. European Social Fund. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Social insurance system in Latvia. Types of services. Unemployment insurance. Personnel accident insurance. Disability insurance. Maternity and sickness insurance. Parental insurance. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | EU and social rights: case law study. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of social rights. The principle of a social state. Basic principles of the Treaty establishing the European Union. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Sources of social law and characteristics. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Social security system and human resources from legal perspective. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Employment policy and regulatory framework in the field of labour. Measures to combat social exclusion and poverty. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Procedures for employment of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Latvia. Free movement of workers in the European Union. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Personal status. Citizen, alien, stateless person. Citizen of the European Union and non-citizen of the Republic of Latvia. Employer. Employee, unemployed, self-employed, economic operator. People without social insurance. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | European pillar of social rights and prospects and challenges for the social future | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Social assistance and social services form national and internationals perspective. European Social Fund. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Social insurance system in Latvia. Types of services. Unemployment insurance. Personnel accident insurance. Disability insurance. Maternity and sickness insurance. Parental insurance. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | EU and social rights: case law study. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students constantly, independently perform control tests and submit them to the lecturer. Students carry out data analysis independently, prepare an essay on one of the course topics (selecting one), and present it in the auditorium. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures and work in the auditorium – 30%; completion of independent work – 30%; theoretical test: essay presentation – 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the course the students will have a deep nowledge of current legal issues in the field of EU social law. Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge as a basis for further research in law studies or in practice in social and health care. Students will also be able to incorporate and compile knowledge of various sub-disciplines in the field of EU social law, as well as to contribute to the creation of new knowledge, research and professional activities. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to identify legal problems in the field of EU social law. Students are able to apply the relevant legal norms in solving specific legal situations, prepare procedural documents, analyze problematic issues and give them independent and motivated assessment, propose a solution of the situation.Students will acquire the skills to find and use information from the Cabinet of Ministers, the European Economic and Social Committee, the State Social Insurance Agency, the Central Statistical Bureau, and to find the necessary laws (concepts, regulations, directives) for situations dealt with in the framework of social work. After completing the course the student will be able to: • use specialised websites for obtaining information: websites of the Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of Welfare, Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments, European Economic and Social Committee; • select information in the databases of the SSIA and the Central Statistical Bureau; • choose the most suitable / appropriate course of action for the particular legal situation; • select and use laws and regulations: conventions, regulations, laws, social policy documents; • use the concepts / terms referred to in European Union and Latvian legislation; • present one’s views publicly (in the auditorium). | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will acquire and improve their skills in orienting themselves in the European Union and Latvian social rights system and the EU institutional system and social policy documents; be able to analyse information compliance with legal requirements. After completing the course, students will be able to use the acquired knowledge and skills in specific situations: • use the acquired knowledge on sources of financing and usage thereof in the field of social security; • able to formulate the jurisdiction of a particular practical (client) situation in the field of law; • differentiate problems according to EU guidelines; • analyse the data available in the databases of the SSIA, the Central Statistical Bureau; • develop a summary of situation problems (an essay); • substantiate the opinion with conventions, laws, and social policy documents; • assess the jurisdiction of a particular situation and compliance thereof with laws and regulations. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Homko I. Socialās drošības garantijas.//LBAS, R., 2007 | ||||||||
| 2 | Rokasgrāmata praktiskam darbam ar Eiropas Savienības jautājumiem// Ārlietu ministrija, R., 2010 | ||||||||
| 3 | Andrianeli M. Sociālās un nodarbinātības politikas pamatprincipi.// Brisele, 2008 | ||||||||
| 4 | Deilija M. Sociālo tiesību pieejamība Eiropā.// http://www.coe.lv/tulkojumi.php?id=31 | ||||||||
| 5 | Baltā grāmata. Atbilstīgu, drošu un noturīgu pensiju programma. 16.02.2012. Brisele | ||||||||
| 6 | Eiropas parlamenta rezolūcija „Par sociālajiem mājokļiem Eiropas Savienībā” (11.06.2013) | ||||||||
| 7 | ES Pamattiesību harta | ||||||||
| 8 | ANO, Eiropas Savienības un Latvijas Republikas normatīvie akti – pēc saraksta. | ||||||||
| 9 | LĪGUMA PAR EIROPAS SAVIENĪBAS DARBĪBU KONSOLIDĒTĀ VERSIJASaite | ||||||||
| 10 | LĪGUMA PAR EIROPAS SAVIENĪBU KONSOLIDĒTĀ VERSIJASaite | ||||||||
| 11 | EIROPAS PARLAMENTA UN PADOMES REGULA (EK) Nr. 883/2004 (2004. gada 29. aprīlis) par sociālās nodrošināšanas sistēmu koordinēšanu | ||||||||
| 12 | EIROPAS PARLAMENTA UN PADOMES REGULA (EK) Nr. 987/2009 (2009. gada 16. septembris), ar ko nosaka īstenošanas kārtību Regulai (EK) Nr. 883/2004 par sociālās nodrošināšanas sistēmu koordinēšanu | ||||||||
| 13 | DIGEST OF THE CASE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF SOCIAL RIGHTS 2018 | ||||||||
| 14 | social-summit-european-pillar-social-rights-booklet en | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas ilgtspējīgas attīstības stratēģija līdz 2030. gadam (Saeima, 10.06.2010.) | ||||||||
| 2 | Baltā grāmata. Latvija: sociālās labklājības sistēmas reformu projekts.//R., 1996 | ||||||||
| 3 | Eiropas un starptautisko sociālās drošības tiesību rokasgrāmata./red. Īvs Jorens, Bernds Šulte ; aut.: K. Garsija de Kortasars i Nebreda ... u.c., Rīga, 2000 | ||||||||
| 4 | Sociālais dialogs.//LBAS, R., 2005 | ||||||||
| 5 | Ievads Eiropas Savienības darba drošības un veselības aizsardzības politikā//LBAS, R. 2006 | ||||||||
| 6 | Latvijas kopējais sociālās iekļaušanas memorands.// Brisele, 2003. | ||||||||
| 7 | Sociālā cilvēkdrošība: bērni un ģimenes ar bērniem LatvijāSaite | ||||||||
| 8 | LR augstākās tiesas Senāts. judikatūras nolēmumi:Tiesības uz palīdzību dzīvokļu jautājumu risināšanā | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LR Augstākās tiesas judikatūra | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.vsaa.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.lbas.lv | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.nva.lv | ||||||||
| 5 | http://www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 6 | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do?ihmlang=lv | ||||||||
