Labour Law and Public Service
Course code
AKJ6103.YK
old course code
AKJ6103
Course title in Estonian
Tööõigus ja avalik teenistus
Course title in English
Labour Law and Public Service
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The aim of this course is to expose the student to the fundamentals of labour law and the law of publik service through formal lecture followed by reading and analysis of actual cases. This course emphasizes the fundamental principles of labour law and publik service. The course employs the Socratic method wherein the students will read cases, prepare written briefs analyzing the case, present the brief orally and discuss the primary issues of law found in the case. The course emphasizes written analysis, oral argument and oral presentation
Brief description of the course
Fundamentals of labour regulation. Labour contract, its relation to the law of obligations. Formation, execution and termination of labour contract Entering into an employment contract, wages, working and rest time, holidays, terminating an employment contract. Employee’s responsibility. Fixed term and other contracts. Public service. The differences from labour relations.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Student
should know labour regulation in Estonia; applications of Labour law, the principles of labor and public service relations, is able to find information in these regulations independently from Internet sources
Student
should know labour regulation in Estonia; applications of Labour law, the principles of labor and public service relations, is able to find information in these regulations independently from Internet sources
Teacher
Maret Maripuu
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