COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE LABOR LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÖZH 6053 THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF COLLECTIVE LABOR LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Private Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR AYŞE MELDA SUR

Offered to

Private Law

Course Objective

The objective is to analyse the prevailing conceptions and rules of collective labour law in detail and to use this set of knowledge in the area of collective labour relations and disputes occuring in the practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to indicate the fundamental conceptions regarding collective labour law
2   To be able to comment on the provisions of legislation regulating collective labour law
3   To be able to solve cases to which collective labour law rules are directed
4   To be able to discuss the legislation on collective labour relations in consideration of the doctrine s views.
5   To be able to offer solutions to the deficiencies arising from the legislation on collective labour relations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The System of the Turkish Collective Labour Relations
2 Types of Trade Union Organization
3 Democracy in Trade Unions
4 Activities of Trade Unions
5 Union Representation
6 Union Security
7 Trade Union Management
8 Midterm Exam
9 Levels of Collective Labour Agreement
10 Determination of the Authorized Trade Union
11 Implementation of Collective Labour Agreements
12 Public Servants' Trade Unions and Collective Agreements
13 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
14 The Right to Strike and Its Limitations
15 Lockouts
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks: Melda Sur: Iş Hukuku-Toplu Ilişkiler, 4. Bası, Ankara 2011; Can Tuncay- Burcu Savaş:Toplu Iş Hukuku, 3. Bası, Istanbul 2013; Ünal Narmanlıoğlu: Iş Hukuku II, Toplu Iş Ilişkileri, Istanbul 2013.
Supplementary material: Court decisions, decisions reviews and articles.
Other materials: Official websites on labour law legislation and court decisions.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, review of court decisions, presentation of papers and discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

melda.sur@deu.edu.tr, tel: 4204180/10305

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 50 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 60 60
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 224

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