COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Collective Labour Law
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HUK 466
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Turkish
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course objective is to educate individuals in the fields of collective labour law and social security law.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to explain legal notions related to collective labour law
  • Will have comprehensive knowledge about employer and employee organisations, employer and employee foundations, their functioning and their termination.
  • Will know about the process of collective bargaining and will be able to draft a collective agreement
  • Will gain expertise about labour disputes, strike and lock-out
Course Description The content of this course is about notions, rules and institutions related to collective labor law. The freedom of association, the concept of trade unions, their historical development in Turkey and in international level, the national and international sources of collective labor law, the right to form and join trade unions, the freedom of trade unions and its protection, the constitution, functioning and termination of trade unions, collective labor negotiations, collective labor agreements, their provisions and its effects, collective labor disputes and their resolutions, strikes and lock-outs will be among the main subjects discussed during the semester.
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Course Category

Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 General information about collective labor law, its historical development, the right to form and join trade unions, the trade union freedom. İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 1-53
2 The protection of the freedom to organize (trade union freedom) İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 54-86
3 The constitution and structure of trade unions. İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 87-141
4 Trade union membership İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 142-167
5 The functioning, supervision and termination of trade unions. İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 168-209
6 Public officials trade unions İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 210-256
7 Mid-Term
8 The concept, the scope and the levels of collective labor agreements İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 257-290
9 The authority to make collective labor agreements, the conclusion of the agreement İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 291-322
10 The provisions and the scope of the collective labor agreement İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 323-375
11 The interpretation, the ending and the invalidity of the collective labor agreement. İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 376-390
12 The concept of collective labor disputes and mediation İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 393-414
13 The right to strike, the conditions of validity of a legal strike, the legal restrictions and restraints of the strike. İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 415-465
14 The general principles about the strike, its legal effects, the concept of lock-out İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler s. 466-520
15 Review of the semester, case studies
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks

Melda Sur: İş Hukuku Toplu İlişkiler, 9. Bası, Ankara, 2020. ISBN: 978-975-6194-84-3

Suggested Readings/Materials

Aziz Can Tuncay, Burcu Savaş Kutsal: Toplu İş Hukuku, 7. Bası, İstanbul, 2019. ISBN: 978- 605-2425-08-4

Fevzi Şahlanan: Toplu İş Hukuku, 1. Baskı, İstanbul, 2020. ISBN: 978-625-7899-70-3

Nuri Çelik – Nurşen Caniklioğlu – Talat Canbolat: İş Hukuku Dersleri, 32. Bası, İstanbul, 2019. ISBN: 978-605-242-520-6

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
50
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
10
2
20
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
7
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
22
Final Exams
1
23
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles.

X
2

Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view.

X
3

Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach.

X
4

Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions.

X
5

Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour.

X
6

Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking.

X
7

Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology.

X
8

To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law.

X
9

To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach.

X
10

Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written.

X
11

Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language  (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1).

X
12

Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”).

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest