COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6063 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SERKAN ODAMAN

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

It is aimed to introduce students characteristics, principales and rules of occupational health and safety in general. By the help of this education, students will be able to immobilize the situation (due diligence) encountered all kind of occupational accident and disease. Also by expalining main characteristics of employer's obligation to take the measures of occupational health and safety it is aimed to recognize the legal problems encountered in work-life and to provide students solve this cases by the help of their
knowledge.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define employer's obligation of taking measures of occupational health and safety
2   Being able to determine the provisions of occupational health and safety and comprehend bounden procedure
3   Being able to understand fault-based and strict liability of the employer and determine its limits
4   Being able to acquire expertise and information on the occupational health and safety subject by examining the decisions of the Supreme Court and changes in legislation
5   Being able to use the knowledge related to Labor Law and occupational health and safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Dominated properties and principaled of labor law and basic concepts
2 Basic concepts (Work place, Entreprise, Sub-Contractor)
3 Scope of labor law, definition and types of Employment Contract, Obligations in general
4 Obligations of taking meuasures occupational health and safety of the employer and liability of the employer
5 Tripartite labor relations and liability of the employer related to such relations
6 Occupational and safety at work provisions and regulations
7 Case Study
8 Midterm Exam
9 Duities and responsibilities of the employer related to Occupational health and safety rules
10 Occupational safe and health audit
11 Suspention of work or closing down of the workplace
12 Occupational health and safety committee and Jobsite doctors
13 Rights of employees and their obligations
14 Duties and resposabilities of the employees

Recomended or Required Reading

AKYIĞIT, Ercan: Iş Hukuku, 8.Bası, Ankara 2010.
AVCI, Adnan: Iş Yerlerinde Işçi Sağlığı ve Iş Güvenliği Mevzuatı, Istanbul 2003.
ÇELIK, Nuri: Iş Hukuku Dersleri, Yenilenmiş 23. Bası, Istanbul 2010.
DEMIR, Fevzi: Iş Hukuku ve Uygulaması, 4. Baskı, Izmir 2009.
SÜZEK, Sarper: Iş Hukuku, 5. Bası, Istanbul, 2009.
SÜZEK, Sarper: Iş Güvenliği Hukuku, Ankara 1985.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Case studies on daily issues to consolidate those described.
Interacvtive narrative by treating the students' participation.
Case Practices and examination of the judicial decisions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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)

serkan.odaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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