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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 : Prof. Dr. FATMA BURCU SAVAŞ
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. FATMA BURCU SAVAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Collective Labor Law is the part of Labor Law regulating collective relations ‘between social parties’. The main aim of this course is to examine the nature and historical development of the collective rights of employees, to analyse how these are regulated in the legislation, especially the Law No. 6356 on Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements, by dealing with the concept of collective bargaining and the resolution of disputes by peaceful and struggle means.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Defines the fundamental concepts of the Collective Labour Law such as employee, employer, representative of the employer, workplace, branch of activity, union, confederation.
2. Examines the rights of labor union against the employers or employer associations and vice versa.
3. Determines the methods of regulating the working conditions between social parties and their applications in practice.
4. Evaluates the differences between the conflict of right and the conflict of interest.
5. Determines the types of collective bargaining agreement and analyzes the conditions of each type.
6. Examines the collective rights of the workers and the right to strike/ the right to lock-out.
7. 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.
8. 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 : Mid-Term Exam
9. Week : Scope of Collective Bargaining Agreement Based on Location and Duration, Revisions, Applications, Invalidity and Cancellation of Collective Bargaining Agreement
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

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) Midterm Exam
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: Haluk Hadi Sümer, İş Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınları.
Tankut Centel/Murat Demircioğlu/Hasan Ali Kaplan, İş Hukuku ,Beta Yayınları.
References: Haluk Hadi Sümer, İş Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınları.
Tankut Centel/Murat Demircioğlu/Hasan Ali Kaplan, İş Hukuku ,Beta Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 2 26
Study Hours Out of Class 13 7 91
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 121

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 be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2) To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3) To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4) To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5) To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6) To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7) To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8) To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9) To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10) To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.