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.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to receive an assessment:

• a minimum of 90 % attendance in practical training
• individual reflection note in accordance with set criteria, to be submitted before the final assessment

Assessment of practical training. The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course and the continuous assessment that students are subject to throughout the practical training period.

Students can only be assessed if they meet the minimum attendance requirement of 90% for the practical training. For more information, see the general part of the programme description about practical training assessment.

Resit assessment: Students who fail a period of practical training normally have to retake the whole practical training period.

Not relevant

Pass/fail

The midway and final assessments are made by the practical training supervisor in cooperation with the contact lecturer. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

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.

Gerd Engelsrud