21210192 - Global economy and labour rights

The course aims at developing the salient characteristics and trends in social and labour rights regulation, in the framework of global economy and sustainable development.
It is divided into four main parts. An introduction to the international labour and decent work standards by the International Labour Organization as well as the standards emerging from the European Union agenda. The analysis of the most important international and European trade agreements and new generation social clauses. The analysis of new generation CSR tools. The analysis of rules regulating conflicts of national laws in employment contracts, social security systems and industrial relations.

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Fruizione: 21210062 Global economy and labour rights in Economia dell'ambiente, lavoro e sviluppo sostenibile LM-56 GIOVANNONE MARIA

Programma

Sustainable Development, Global Economy and Social Rights: why we need a linkage
The International Labour Organization.
The International Labour Standards
The balance between competition and social rights at European level: the internal action of EU
The EU internal action
The EU as an international actor: the external action
European Trade Agreements
International Trade Agreements
National and international CSR
Codes of Conduct and CSR tools: an evolutionary perspective
The social clause
The most important international trade agreements
The role of multinational companies

Laws regulating Labour contracts and status, social security systems and industrial relations
Social Clauses, Codes of Conduct and CSR: an evolutionary perspective
Selected case studies, guest lectures and students’ presentations



Testi Adottati

Title book J. M. Servais, International Labour Law, Seventh edition, Wolters Kluwer International, 2022.
Additionally/Alternatively, just for Italian speaking students, Brino V., Perulli A., Diritto Internazionale del Lavoro, Terza edizione, Giappichelli, Torino, 2023.




Modalità Erogazione

Face to face lessons.

Modalità Valutazione

The final assessment will be based on both an intermediate written test and a final oral interview (in English) concerning more topics selected by the teacher from those analyzed during the course.