| CODE | PBL3002 | ||||||
| TITLE | Industrial Legislation 2 | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit aims at providing an understanding of the law relating to industrial relations relating to both the private sector employment as well as the public service. - A discussion of the "social partners" involved in industrial relations; the personality, functions, rights and responsibilities of trade unions and employers' associations; union membership; questions of recognition. - Collective bargaining; the industrial or collective agreement. - Trade Union liability in industrial disputes. - Voluntary and compulsory settlement of disputes. - The limits of lawful industrial action; the right to strike. - The Industrial Tribunal: constitution, competence and jurisdiction. - The position of the public officer: engagement, tenure and dismissal. Selected Bibliography: - S. D. Anderman "Labour Law: Management Decisions and Workers' Rights" Butterworths 3rd Edition, 1998 - S. Auerbach "Legislating for Conflict" Clarendon Press, 1990 - Benson Edition "The Law of Industrial Conflict" McMillan, 1988 - P. Hain "Political Strikes: The State & Trade Unionism in Britian" Penguin, 1986 - M. Whincup "Modern Employment Law" Butterworth-Heinemann 9th Edition, 1997 |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | In THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE PBL3001 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph R. Micallef |
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