MSLV4700 Labour Law in Change Processes Course description

The course covers labour law problematisation with particular relevance to reorganisation and change processes. Employers' need for flexibility and change is seen in light of employees' need for protection and predictability. Changes measures can vary in nature and scope. The course takes the legal framework that an employment contract entails as its point of departure, and problematises change needs relating to the individual employee, reorganisation related to parts of or the whole enterprise, rationalisation and workforce reductions, and changes that lead to transfer of duties or activities to another employer. In addition to relevant legislation and collective agreements, emphasis is also placed on relevant rulings. The course will focus on the public sector.

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Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge of demarcations relating to the concept of employee and temporary employment

• in-depth knowledge of employers¿ managerial prerogative as a legal concept and of statutory and non-statutory boundaries relating to this discretion

• in-depth knowledge of which rules apply in relation to reorganisation and workforce reductions

• specialised insight into business transfer rules

Skills

The student is capable of

• identifying and analysing legal issues relating to the connection between the employer and employee in change processes

• applying a legal methodological issue and understanding and analysing key rulings relating to reorganisation and change

Competence

The student is capable of

• disseminating the results of extensive independent work and masters writing reports, submitting professional reports and giving oral presentations as forms of communication

Teaching is in the form of lectures, student presentations, discussions, group work, seminars and assignments. A high degree of independent activity is expected in the course. The teaching will mainly be problem-based using examples and cases from the students' practical experiences. Literature and studies of rulings are main components of the teaching sessions.

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The report must be submitted individually or in groups of up to three students, and can be up to 10 pages long. Students will choose a practical work-oriented issue themselves within the framework of the thematic content of the course. A joint grade will be awarded for reports submitted in groups. If a participant is ill, the group can submit the report at a resit/rescheduled exam, or the report can be submitted individually.

All aids are permitted for the exam provided that norms for citations are followed.

A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used.

All answer papers are assessed by an internal examiner. External examiners are used in cases of doubt about whether a pass grade should be awarded and for spot check assessments of approx. 25% of the answer papers. The grades awarded for the answer papers assessed together with an external sensor form the basis for determining the level for awarding the different grades. The internal examiner shall take the external examiner's assessment into consideration in the grading of all the exams.