POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
LAW3312	Collective Employment Relations Law	Spring Fall	3	0	3	5

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. FATMA BURCU SAVAŞ
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. FATMA BURCU SAVAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Students of Engineering Department mostly become employer’s representatives and interact with blue collar workers when they begin to work as a white collar-worker. On the other hand, they will subject to their contract and Labour Law Nr. 4857 as an employer. Therefore aim of the course is to give students the basic knowledge about these topics.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Defines the fundamental concepts of the Collective Labour Law such as employee, employer and representative of the employer.
II. Examines the rights of labour union against the employers or employer associations and vice versa.
III. Determines the methods of regulating the working conditions between social parties and their applications in practice. Evaluates the differences between the conflict of right and the conflict of interest.
IV. Determines the types of collective bargaining agreement and analyzes the conditions of each type.
V. Examines the collective rights of the workers and the right to strike.
VI. Examines the collective rights of the employers and the right to lock-out.
VII. Analyzes the public interest in finding peaceful solutions to the conflicts between social parties by applying the instruments of collective bargaining (strike/lock-out) according to the rule of parity of arms.
VIII. Compares the comparative legal regulations and domestic legal regulations.

Course Content

1. Week : Trade Unions: Concept and Historical Background, Definiton and Components, Concept of Collective Rights
2. Week : Trade Union and Employer Association Membership: Conditions, Rights and Obligations, Assurances, Activities
3. Week : Right and Autonomy of Collective Bargaining, Definition, Content and Legal Essence
4. Week : Types of Collective Bargaining Agreements
5. Week : Competence and Authorization for Collective Bargaining, Denial of Authorization, Call for Collective Bargaining and Collective Bargaining Process
6. Week : Practical Course
7. Week : Provisions of Collective Bargaining Agreement and its Scope Based on Individuals
8. Week : Scope of Collective Bargaining Agreement Based on Location and Duration, Revisions, Applications, Invalidity and Cancellation of Collective Bargaining Agreement
9. Week : Mid-Term Exam
10. Week : Concept and Types of Collective Bargaining Conflict
11. Week : Concept of Mediation and Conciliation and Arbitration: Ordinary Mediation, Extra-Ordinary Mediation and Arbitration (Voluntary and Compulsory) and Critics of the System
12. Week : Strike: Problem of Equivalence of Strike and Lock-Out, Components and Consequences of Lawful Strike
13. Week : Lock-Out: Definition and Components of Lock-Out, Components and Consequences of Lawful Lock-Out
14. Week : Types and Consequences of Unlawful Strike and Lock-Out
15. Week : Termination of Lawful Strike and Lock-Out

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Trade Unions: Concept and Historical Background, Definiton and Components, Concept of Collective Rights
2)	Trade Union and Employer Association Membership: Conditions, Rights and Obligations, Assurances, Activities
3)	Right and Autonomy of Collective Bargaining, Definition, Content and Legal Essence
4)	Types of Collective Bargaining Agreements
5)	Competence and Authorization for Collective Bargaining, Denial of Authorization, Call for Collective Bargaining and Collective Bargaining Process
6)	Practical Course
7)	Provisions of Collective Bargaining Agreement and its Scope Based on Individuals
8)	Scope of Collective Bargaining Agreement Based on Location and Duration, Revisions, Applications, Invalidity and Cancellation of Collective Bargaining Agreement
9)	Concept and Types of Collective Bargaining Conflict
10)	Concept of Mediation and Conciliation and Arbitration: Ordinary Mediation, Extra-Ordinary Mediation and Arbitration (Voluntary and Compulsory) and Critics of the System
11)	Strike: Problem of Equivalence of Strike and Lock-Out, Components and Consequences of Lawful Strike
12)	Lock-Out: Definition and Components of Lock-Out, Components and Consequences of Lawful Lock-Out
13)	Types and Consequences of Unlawful Strike and Lock-Out
14)	Termination of Lawful Strike and Lock-Out

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Tankut Centel/Murat Demircioğlu, İş Hukuku,Beta Yayınları, İstanbul 2013. Haluk Hadi Sümer, İş Hukuku, Mimoza Yayınları, Konya 2011. Ercan Akyiğit, İş Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara 2010.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 70
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 70
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	16	32
Application	1	2
Study Hours Out of Class	15	60
Midterms	1	3
Final	1	3
Total Workload		100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice.
2)	Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies.
3)	Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences.
4)	Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments.
5)	Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy.
6)	Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member.
7)	Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development.
8)	Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies.
9)	Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives.
10)	Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments.
11)	Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era.
12)	Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics.