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Employment Law
Communication, Journalism & Media Studies Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Employment Law
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Business
Other Subject Area: Law
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 17672
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300, 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
DESCRIPTION
1. Introduction. Work, firms, society, and the law. Workers and entrepreneurs. The regulation of the employment relationship. Sources. Labour law enforcement.
Labour Inspectorate. Labour Courts. The role of unions.
2. Employment contracts. Standard and atypical forms of employment. Civil and commercial contracts for services. Subcontracting. The determination of the true
employer. Special reference to the impact of technology on all these topics.
3. Work organization, technology, and managerial prerogatives: legal limits. Minimum working conditions: pay and compensation, work hours, health and safety.
4. Human rights in the workplace. Equality and discrimination. Privacy, data protection and technology. Freedom of association.
5. Protection of employees¿ personal interests and needs. Work-life balance. Social security protection.
6. Termination of employment. Special reference to dismissals.
7. Employee information and consultation. Employee representatives. Collective bargaining. Labour restructuring and social, economic and technological change.
Labour Inspectorate. Labour Courts. The role of unions.
2. Employment contracts. Standard and atypical forms of employment. Civil and commercial contracts for services. Subcontracting. The determination of the true
employer. Special reference to the impact of technology on all these topics.
3. Work organization, technology, and managerial prerogatives: legal limits. Minimum working conditions: pay and compensation, work hours, health and safety.
4. Human rights in the workplace. Equality and discrimination. Privacy, data protection and technology. Freedom of association.
5. Protection of employees¿ personal interests and needs. Work-life balance. Social security protection.
6. Termination of employment. Special reference to dismissals.
7. Employee information and consultation. Employee representatives. Collective bargaining. Labour restructuring and social, economic and technological change.