Universität Wien

251160 KU European Labour and Social Security Law (2022S)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), Universitätslehrgänge
MIXED

This is a fee-based continuous education and training programme/certificate course offered by the Postgraduate Center. Please note that you must be admitted to a continuing education and training programme/certificate course to participate.

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims: Introduction to European Labour and Social Security Law
Contents:
The course deals with main areas of European labour and social security law focusing on the special impact of the Union. In the area of labour law, it examines freedom of workers, anti-discrimination (esp. age discrimination), minimum standards in labour law (esp. working time, fixed-term contracts, transfer of undertakings), legislation and rulings with an integrationist rationale (EWC, posting of workers, ECJ rulings in the Laval, Viking and Rüffert cases). With regard to social security law, the course examines the increasing influence of EU law on the Member States’ ability to shape their social system: Coordination rules; duty to export benefits (freedom of services) and to integrate migrants into the national system (citizenship); influence of the freedoms and competition law on the organisation of social security. For both areas, also the soft Open Method of Coordination will be explored (e.g. employability and flexicurity approach).
Method: Lecture and discussion

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment: written exam
Permitted materials: open book

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

50% for a positive grade, based on the written exam

Examination topics

All topics covered in the course

Reading list

Materials will be provided during the course.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 16.02.2023 00:06