Class Labour law and social security

Finalization of the purposes set out in the objectives of Introduction to Labour Law. To develop competences with regard to Labour Law and to guarantee the fundamental knowledge related to both individual labor relations and collective labor relations, as well as to the Social Security.

The duration and organization of working hours. Working hours flexibility. Holidays: general principles. Place of work. Pay and other forms of remuneration. Absenses: definition and types. Suspension of the employment contract. Termination of employment contracts: modalities. Colective labour law. Workers colletive representation structures. Colletive labour agreements. Strike. Social Security. Dimensions and concept of Social Security. The right to the Social Security. Social Security regimes. Financing Social Security.

Most of the classes will be theoretical-practical, i.e. they will always give students the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge they have previously learnt in practical terms by solving practical cases.

MONTEIRO FERNANDES, António - Direito do Trabalho. 22.ª ed. Coimbra: Almedina, 2023.  ISBN: 9789894013938

REBELO, Glória – Trabalho, Emprego e Segurança Social- Vol. 2. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo, 2021. ISBN: 978-989-561-188-1

Constituição da República Portuguesa,Código Civil e Código do Trabalho em edição atual.