Labour Law (LUSDK_003)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide social work students with an understanding of the employment policies, labour protection and labour rights of the European Union and Latvia, their nature, content and importance, the characteristics of the legal relationship, the difference from other civil relations, the importance and place of the basic principles of labour law in the legal relationships of employment. To provide an understanding of the main institutes of labour law, the mechanism for the realization of labour rights in the European Union, the functions of workers' and employers' organisations, the negotiation of the parties as the basis of employment relationships, the principles of fair remuneration for work, the norm of employment legal relationships, the prohibition of forced labour, changes in human biological capabilities, depending on age, labour law enforcement institutions, mechanisms and forms of protection of the rights of the participants in employment relationships.
Prerequisites
General principles of law, human rights, social rights.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire knowledge in the form of documents necessary for the defence of the interests of workers and the procedures for solving disputes in court. As a result of the acquisition of the course of studies, students will be able to identify problems of a legal nature which are related to the implementation of labour rights and to find ways and forms for their realisation.
Students will acquire skills in labour law, gain insight into other laws and regulations governing labour rights. Familiarise with the fundamental rights, will acquire skills as a practical exercise of the rights provided by law during the establishment and existence of employment legal relationships.
Students will learn action on specific situations in labour disputes in cases faced by social service clients.
