SOCIAL LEGISLATION
 
Taught in 2nd year Bachelor in business studies - Main Subject: Environmental Management
Theory [A] 25.0
Exercises [B] 0.0
Training and projects [C] 0.0
Studytime [D] 75.0
Studypoints [E] 3
Level introductory
Credit contract? Access upon approval
Examination contract?
Language of instruction Dutch
Lecturer Myriam DESTERBECK
Reference RCBMGI02K00001
 
Key words
Social Law, IWETO-code: S143

Objectives
  • Making students familiar with the fast evolution and continuous alterations of this branch
  • Acquire knowledge, insight and job-related competences in the social law
  • Ability to interpret texts with as theme social law, ability to formulate limited legal advice, ability to practice the theory in simple practical cases.
The education is aimed at lifelong learning.

Topics
Collective industrial relations.
The employment contracts:
  • Test stipulation
  • Suspension of the execution of the employment contract
  • End of the employment contract
  • Labour done by substitutes
  • The employment contract for part-time labour
  • Statute of environment coordinator
The regulation of labour
Social security: general organisation and overview of the different branches.

Prerequisites
No specific prescience required, but the student must possess the generic competences expected from a student who has followed the first year of higher education.

Final Objectives
Skills
General:
  • Thinking and reasoning power
  • Being critical
  • Working independently
  • Decisiveness
  • Updating knowledge
  • Consulting sources
  • Acquiring and assimilating information
Job-related (general):
  • Ability to argue
  • Ability to perform simple executive tasks
  • Thinking logically
  • Ability to express oneself correctly
  • Ability to understand and distil the offered information in function of the given problems
Attitudes
General:
  • Being critical
  • Eagerness to learn continuously
  • Inquisitiveness
  • Precision and accuracy


Materials used
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A loose-leaf handbook with questions and exercises.
The handbook is supplemented with topical examples and put up exercises.
The handbook is updated each year.
Practical Social Law: Frans D'Hertefelt en Ludo Laurysens - Publisher De Boeck.

Study costs
Handbook: about 20 euro market price + costs of copies (at the unit price determined under Hogeschool rules).

Study guidance
Individual questions of study can be discussed with the lecturer.
The lecturer guides the students, every now and then the students have to search themselves for information and prepare exercises.

Teaching Methods
Lecture with emphasis on the interaction between lecturer and students.
Monitoring
Guided exercises

Assessment
  • First exam session: 100% oral exam (theoretical questions and practical exercises)
  • Second exam session: 100% oral exam (theoretical questions and practical exercises)
Students only enrolled for taking the exams:
  • First exam session: 100% oral exam
  • Second exam session: 100% oral exam


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