International Aspects of Labor Law

22B1816

Bachelor

German

5.0

winter and summer term

1 semester

The increase in international relations of undertakings can have an impact on employment. This is particularly the case where a company establishes a subsidiary abroad, but also in cases of postings of workers, hiring staff from abroad and employment of foreigners in their home-countries. The module explores the relevant legal rules from an individual and collective law perspective.

Private International Law and Employment Contracts

Private International Law and Industrial Relations

International Jurisdiction in the Field of Employment

EU-Labour-Law

Labour Law at international level

posting of workers - directive, adoption and legal problems

Human Resource Management and international relations

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Written examination or
• Oral presentation, with written elaboration

The teaching person is responsible for the selection of the assignment method from the available options, applying the most recent regulations of study.

Referat: 20 minutes; written version: 5 pages

exam: see the regulation of studies

Students must have passed the module Employment Law (Human Resources and Employment Law). Ideally they have also passed the module on German Collective Labour Law.

Students can establish the law applicable to employment contracts. They can establish the law applicable to industrial relations. They can identify the most important labour law rules at EU and international level and they can put these in context with the domestic legal system. They can identify problems which emerge as a result of internationalisation and they are able to develop an argument-based solution to these problems. 

Students are able to identify the specific problems arising from international employment contexts. They know how to develop a solution to such problems in an analytical way. They are able to explore the relevant case law and literature in a specific niche area of research. They can dissolve any contradictions they have found on the basis of a sound legal analysis, applying the methods of legal reasoning. 

Students can critically evaluate different models of international employment and they can point out advantages and disadvantages of such employment strategies. They can identify legal issues in unknown problem scenarios and they can develop legal solutions on a solid legal basis. 

STudents can use their theoretical knowledge to develop tailor-made solutions to international employment strategies of (real or fictitious) undertakings. They can identify legal issues in well defined legal struggles, they can transfer their theoretical knowledge to these problems and they can by way of conclusion present their views on the respective legal position of the parties involved.

Students can extend the knowledge they have to create new concepts of international employment and to analyse these concepts in respect to potential legal challenges. They are able to think about amendments to existing legal rules and to predict the possible outcome of undergoing amendment processes.

Students know how to communicate the results of their legal research in such a way that lay persons can use these results as a basis for their actions. 

Students can critically reflect the impact which legal implications in the context of international employment can have on the society as a whole.

• Sutschet, Holger

• Sutschet, Holger