Accreditations
The Master's in Labour, Employment and Society lasts two years, corresponding to a total of 120 credits (ECTS). Classes are generally scheduled for the evenings.
The curricular structure in the first semester of the first year is organised around the core disciplines of labour sciences and labour relations, namely Sociology and Economics of Work and Labour Law. The UC "Contemporary
Social Inequalities" serves to place the central issues of work, employment and labour relations in the context of the wider society.
In the first semester there is still room for a free elective. Several electives in the field of Human Resources Management or Organisational Psychology are recommended as options for students wishing to have an introduction or reinforce their training in these fields. Sociology electives are also recommended, especially for students who are more interested in social research. For students who have no previous training in the social sciences, we recommend taking the supplementary course "Social Research Methods and Techniques".
In the second semester of the first year, the compulsory courses in the fields of labour relations and labour law are topical and comparative. This offering is reinforced by the course in the field of social protection. Attendance of electives in the field of employment and training policies is strongly recommended. Also compulsory in the second semester is attendance of the course "Research Design", in which students may prepare a first version of their dissertation project.
The first semester of the second year is dedicated to taking two electives. One of the electives will necessarily be selected from Specialised Research Techniques (SRT), in order to support the completion of the dissertation. There is the possibility of an internship as an elective.
A Seminar is held throughout the second year to provide guidance and accompany the completion of the Dissertation or final Project.
Programme Structure for 2024/2025
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Contemporary Social Inequalities
6.0 ECTS
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Labour and Social Security Law
6.0 ECTS
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Regulation and Labour Markets
6.0 ECTS
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Sociology of Work and Employment
6.0 ECTS
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Research Design
6.0 ECTS
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International and European Labour and Social Law
6.0 ECTS
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Industrial Relations
6.0 ECTS
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Comparative Social Protection Systems
6.0 ECTS
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Research Methods in Social Sciences
6.0 ECTS
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Master Dissertation in Work, Employment and Society
48.0 ECTS
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Master Project in Work, Employment and Society
48.0 ECTS
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2nd Cycle Internship
6.0 ECTS
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Labour and Social Security Law
At the end of this learning unit's term, the student must be able to:
1. Understand the contents and scope of labour law.
2. Identify, interpret and apply labour law to human resource management.
3. Apply the correct provisions to construe an employment contract framework according with the best practices and flexibility granted by the labour law.
4. Identify the best way for suspending the employment contract.
5. Advise on how to apply the employment contract termination.
1. The labour law object and scope. The labour law within the system of law as a branch of law.
2. The labour law sources of authority.
3. The employment contract, modalities and regimes.
4. The employment relationship dynamics: the flexibility concerning the employee activity and the workplace stability;
5. The working time flexibility: working time limits and work schedules; after hours work; the definition of working time adaptable schedules; the rest periods (the in-work rest break, the daily rest period, the weekly rest period and the annual leave); the night time work; the work absence regime; the implications of holiday regime upon employment relationship.
6. The wage flexibility: the legal concept of salary; salary modalities; salary reduction and deductions.
7. The temporary work leave regimes.
8. The downsizing instruments.
Students must submit a written assessment by the end of the term. A minimum grade of 10 points out of 20 is required for course approval.
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Regulation and Labour Markets
1. Compare the competitive and institutional approaches
2. Describe labour market institutions
3. Discriminate macro and micro level regulations
4. Examine labour market institutions indicators
5. Understand how labour markets are shaped by collective institutions
6. Analyse the implications of institutions on labour market outcomes
1. Competitive labour market model
2. The institutionalist tradition in labour economics
3. Labour market regulation:
3.1. The debate on minimum wages
3.2. Employment protection legislation and the OECD EPL index
3.3. Unions, collective bargaining and industrial democracy
3.4. Labour market policies
4. Internal labour markets and labour market segmentation.
5. Technological evolution, digitalization, employment and work.
Continuous assessment. Students enrolled in the continuous assessment must attend at least 80% of the classes and do the following assignments:
- Individual test: 65%; minimum grade of 8.
- Presentation in class: 35%.
Final exam regime: Final exam (100% of the final grade). Grades obtained in the continuous assessment will not be considered for the final exam regime option.
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- Champlin, D.P. and Knoedler, J. (2017) The Institutionalist Tradition in Labour Economics, London: Routledge.
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International and European Labour and Social Law
1 - To learn access modes and methods of interpretation of international social standards-
2 - To understand the coordination ways of European and international standards with internal standards in this area.
- 1. The scope.- 2. European labour law: institutions, processes, contents. European social dialogue. The problem of the "legal bases": the evolution of Treaties. European regulation instruments: regulations, directives. - 3. The stages of European social legislation. The key-directives. The main directions of the European social legislation. Fundamental social rights and the Lisbon treaty.
- 4. International labor conventions. ILO: structure, functioning, elaboration of international conventions. The main directions of ILO's regulatory activity: the "fundamental conventions". Strengths and weaknesses of ILO's action. The effectiveness of international labour standards.
- 5. The European Social Charta: nature, contents, effects. The Social Rights Committee and its case-law. The revision of the Charta. The collective grievances procedure.
- Continuous assessment, comprising the preparation of class reports, participation in the discussion of the main topics and completion of a final written work.
- Final written exam, for those who did not pass, failed, or intend to improve their grade in the continuous assessment.
Title: - Publicações da DGERT/MTSSS - Condições de Trabalho: Normas Internacionais e OIT
- Catherine Bassonpierre/Gabriel Guéry, Droit européen et international du travail, Paris, 2002;
- Federico Navarro Nieto/Miguel Rodríguez-Piñero Royo/José Manuel Gómez Muñoz, Manual de Derecho Social de la Unión Europea, tecnos, 2011
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Title: - Droit international du travail et droit interne (direcção de Xavier Beaudonnet), Turim, 2009 (edição do Centro internatiinal de Formação da OIT)
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