PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
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	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)	To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media
2)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.
3)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.
4)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
5)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.
6)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.
7)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.
8)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.
9)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.
10)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.
11)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.
12)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.
13)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.
14)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.