Outline of the Course

Introduction in labour law, the concept of worker
Key principles of EU labour law
Contract of employment, employment relationship, establishment, changes and termination
Working time, rest periods
Salary and working conditions
Discrimination and its ban in social law
Work-life balance in social law
Social protection
Posting of workers
Coordination of social security laws

Course Goals:

After hearing this course, students will be able to:

Identify main workers‘ rights

Identify discrimination and face it

Propose concrete instruments to harmonize private and work life

Critically reflect on several pieces of social legislation

Means of communication: Moodle

Reading List

PICHRT, J.; ŠTEFKO, M.: Labour Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2009

KOLDINSKÁ, K., LANG, R. Social security law. Kluwer Law International. The Hague, 2020
ŠTEFKO, M.: Czech Labour Law in European Context, Charles University Press, Prague 2007
TRÖSTER, P., VYSOKAJOVÁ, M.: International Encyclopaedia of Social Security Law - Czech Republic, Suppl. 57, Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2006
KOLDINSKÁ, K., ŠTEFKO, M. Sociální vývoj a sociální situace v České republice v roce 2008, Die soziale Entwicklung und soziale Lage in der Tschechischen Republik im Jahr 2008, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Prag Analyse aus der Tschechischen Republik 1/2009, available at http://www.fesprag.cz/cs/system/files/books/2009-1-cz.pdf, http://www.fesprag.cz/cs/system/files/books/2009-1.pdf
KOLDINSKA, K.: Czech and Slovak Labour Law - Protective or liberal? In: International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Kluwer Law International No 24/3 2008
KOLDINSKÁ, K.: Soziales Europa? Testfall Tschechien. In: Collegium Europaeum Jenense (Hg.): Sociales Europa Testfall Polen und Tschechien (Tagung vom 15. Juni 2007). Edition Paideia, Verlag IKS Garamond, Jena 2008
KOLDINSKÁ, K.: Gender Equality: Before and Aer the Enlargement of EU: The Case of the Czech Republic. In: European Law Journal, No. 2, 2007, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford