Class Labour Law I

The learning process aims to provide students with the skills to recognise the key role of labour law, as well as to approach and solve practical issues that arise in the work with the support of the applicable legislation, analysing the relevant doctrine and case law.

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§ 1 Labour law 1.1 Framework 1.2 Concept, object and general characteristics § 2. Sources § 3 Labour contracts 3.1 Concept, essential elements and features 3.2 Contract of employment vs Contract for the provision of services 3.3 Types of employment contract: typical model and atypical contracts 3.4 Formation of the contract and negotiation formalism 3.5 Invalidity of the employment contract 3.6 Trial period §4 Employer and worker: powers, rights and duties and limits 4.1 Fundamental rights in the context of work 4.2 Employer and company, namely the transfer of company or establishment and occasional assignment 4.3 Employer's powers: management, regulatory and disciplinary 4.4. Employer's obligations: remuneration and accessory duties 4.5. Obligations, rights and duties of the worker 4.6 Conventional limitations on freedom of labour § 5 Provision of labour: object, place and time § 6. Legal regime for holidays, absences and leave.

The teaching methodologies adopted aim, in an articulated and diversified manner, to provide the student with a theoretical framework that allows them to reflect critically on the main challenges facing labour relations and to give them the tools to solve concrete cases that require the application of labour legislation.

AMADO, João Leal, Contrato de Trabalho - Noções Básicas, Almedina, 2025, 5.ª Edição; FERNANDES, António Monteiro, Direito do Trabalho, Almedina, 2023, 22.ª edição.