Outlines of Labour Law a.y. 2026-2027 – Scienze dell'Educazione e della Formazione (EDU)

Teacher: Prof.ssa Antonella D’Andrea
E-mail: dandrea@uniroma2.it

CFU: 6
Course code: 804001955
Bachelor Degrees: Scienze dell’educazione e della formazione
Language: Italian

Course delivery modalities: II semester
Attendance: Optional
Assessment method: Oral examination – Written test

Pre-requisites:
Students are required to have a basic knowledge of the phenomena occurring within the relationship between the individual, their labour, the employer, and the organizational context.

Program:
The course examines the outlines of individual labour law, trade union law, and social security law, focusing in particular on the profession of the socio-pedagogical educator. The regulation of the individual employment contract is introduced by an analysis of domestic, EU, and international sources of labour law. Subsequently, the following topics will be addressed: Subordinate Employment and Other Forms of Work: Subordinate employment; self-employment; economically dependent (parasubordinato) and occasional work; associative work relationships; unpaid/voluntary work. Types of Subordinate Employment Contracts: Fixed-term, part-time, agency work (somministrazione di lavoro), training and apprenticeship contracts, and employment within public administrations. Establishment of the Employment Relationship: The contract (parties, cause, object, conclusion, and form); contract certification (certificazione dei contratti); probationary periods and de facto employment relationships; public intervention in the establishment of the employment relationship. The Employment Relationship: Powers and duties of the employer; rights and duties of the subordinate worker; the object of work performance (duties, qualifications, categories, and employee inventions); duration of work performance (working hours, rest periods, annual leave, and public holidays); place of work performance (transfer, secondment/detachment, and business travel); remuneration obligations and severance indemnity (trattamento di fine rapporto – TFR). Suspension of the Employment Relationship: Pregnancy and postpartum period, leaves of absence, illness, workplace accidents, family leaves, and other grounds for suspension. Transfer of Undertakings / Business Transfers Termination of the Employment Relationship: Resignation and other grounds for termination; individual and collective dismissal. Protection of Worker Rights: Waivers and settlements (rinunzie e transazioni), statutory limitation periods, and forfeiture (prescrizione e decadenza). The overview of Trade Union Law covers the following topics: Concept and origins of trade union law; trade union organization in the private and public sectors; collective bargaining; the legal effectiveness and non-derogability of collective agreements in the private and public sectors; the exercise of the right to strike and its regulation within essential public services. The study of Social Security Law addresses: Social welfare and social security; health protection; social interventions and services to contrast poverty and the risk of social marginalization.

Program:

The course examines the outlines of individual labour law, trade union law, and social security law, focusing in particular on the profession of the socio-pedagogical educator. The regulation of the individual employment contract is introduced by an analysis of domestic, EU, and international sources of labour law. Subsequently, the following topics will be addressed:
Subordinate Employment and Other Forms of Work: Subordinate employment; self-employment; economically dependent (parasubordinato) and occasional work; associative work relationships; unpaid/voluntary work.
Types of Subordinate Employment Contracts: Fixed-term, part-time, agency work (somministrazione di lavoro), training and apprenticeship contracts, and employment within public administrations.
Establishment of the Employment Relationship: The contract (parties, cause, object, conclusion, and form); contract certification (certificazione dei contratti); probationary periods and de facto employment relationships; public intervention in the establishment of the employment relationship.
The Employment Relationship: Powers and duties of the employer; rights and duties of the subordinate worker; the object of work performance (duties, qualifications, categories, and employee inventions); duration of work performance (working hours, rest periods, annual leave, and public holidays); place of work performance (transfer, secondment/detachment, and business travel); remuneration obligations and severance indemnity (trattamento di fine rapporto – TFR).
Suspension of the Employment Relationship: Pregnancy and postpartum period, leaves of absence, illness, workplace accidents, family leaves, and other grounds for suspension.
Transfer of Undertakings / Business Transfers
Termination of the Employment Relationship: Resignation and other grounds for termination; individual and collective dismissal.
Protection of Worker Rights: Waivers and settlements (rinunzie e transazioni), statutory limitation periods, and forfeiture (prescrizione e decadenza).
The overview of Trade Union Law covers the following topics:
Concept and origins of trade union law; trade union organization in the private and public sectors; collective bargaining; the legal effectiveness and non-derogability of collective agreements in the private and public sectors; the exercise of the right to strike and its regulation within essential public services.
The study of Social Security Law addresses:
Social welfare and social security; health protection; social interventions and services to contrast poverty and the risk of social marginalization.

Text books:
Textbooks and Teaching Materials: Lecture slides on Labour Law (available in the course Channel on the University’s Microsoft Teams platform). Alternatively: Antonio Vallebona, Breviario di Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli Torino, latest edition (excluding: Chapter I, paragraph 5, and Chapter IX). A. Occhino, G. Zilio Grandi, Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, Torino, 2023. O. Mazzotta, Manuale di diritto del lavoro, CEDAM, Padova, 2025.

Text books:

Textbooks and Teaching Materials:
Lecture slides on Labour Law (available in the course Channel on the University’s Microsoft Teams platform).
Alternatively:
Antonio Vallebona, Breviario di Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli Torino, latest edition (excluding: Chapter I, paragraph 5, and Chapter IX).
A. Occhino, G. Zilio Grandi, Diritto del lavoro, Giappichelli, Torino, 2023.
O. Mazzotta, Manuale di diritto del lavoro, CEDAM, Padova, 2025.

Educational goals and expected learning outcomes:
LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course aims to ensure a comprehensive knowledge of the main legal institutions of labour law in its dual dimension—individual and collective—with a specific focus on the role of the socio-pedagogical educator within welfare systems. In particular, the course serves as a forum where students, through participatory teaching methods based on case presentations and the discussion of judgments, can acquire the necessary skills to link theoretical knowledge with concrete situations and specific issues. These are challenges they may encounter within organizational settings running educational, animation, recovery, reception, reintegration, and rehabilitation activities inside socio-educational and socio-assistance services and facilities (such as day nurseries and early childhood services, socio-educational centres and structures, social services, sheltered housing, centres for the elderly, centres for immigrants, communities for individuals experiencing socio-cultural hardship, assisted therapeutic communities, social, socio-educational and socio-assistance communities, and adult education centres). KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the issues inherent in different organizational contexts and human resources management. This will enable them to apply the acquired knowledge to identify, examine, and monitor issues concerning employment relationships, from both an individual and a group perspective, within various organizations. They will be able to identify the most appropriate tools to intervene in preventing and mitigating critical issues in the organization and management of social services. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Students will be able to effectively utilize concepts, categories, and institutions relating to labour law, trade union law, and social security law to solve concrete problems. They will design and implement targeted interventions aimed at enhancing human resources, interacting with other professional profiles, and utilizing the most suitable techniques, methods, and tools according to different contexts. Furthermore, they will be equipped to perform a significant and specific function within welfare systems. AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT: Students will have the ability to integrate knowledge, manage complexity, and formulate independent personal judgments based on the information and legal frameworks learned. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Students will be able to communicate their reflections and conclusions to their interlocutors in a clear and unambiguous manner, and they will be capable of employing the most appropriate communication strategies for the specific context in which they operate. In particular, students will demonstrate the presentation and communication skills developed during the course through the active use of participatory teaching methodologies. LEARNING SKILLS: Students will develop the learning skills necessary to continue studying in a self-directed or autonomous manner. Continuous engagement with concrete cases and practical experiences will enhance their capacity to independently and constantly update the knowledge they have acquired.

Educational goals and expected learning outcomes:

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The course aims to ensure a comprehensive knowledge of the main legal institutions of labour law in its dual dimension—individual and collective—with a specific focus on the role of the socio-pedagogical educator within welfare systems. In particular, the course serves as a forum where students, through participatory teaching methods based on case presentations and the discussion of judgments, can acquire the necessary skills to link theoretical knowledge with concrete situations and specific issues. These are challenges they may encounter within organizational settings running educational, animation, recovery, reception, reintegration, and rehabilitation activities inside socio-educational and socio-assistance services and facilities (such as day nurseries and early childhood services, socio-educational centres and structures, social services, sheltered housing, centres for the elderly, centres for immigrants, communities for individuals experiencing socio-cultural hardship, assisted therapeutic communities, social, socio-educational and socio-assistance communities, and adult education centres).
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the issues inherent in different organizational contexts and human resources management. This will enable them to apply the acquired knowledge to identify, examine, and monitor issues concerning employment relationships, from both an individual and a group perspective, within various organizations. They will be able to identify the most appropriate tools to intervene in preventing and mitigating critical issues in the organization and management of social services.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
Students will be able to effectively utilize concepts, categories, and institutions relating to labour law, trade union law, and social security law to solve concrete problems. They will design and implement targeted interventions aimed at enhancing human resources, interacting with other professional profiles, and utilizing the most suitable techniques, methods, and tools according to different contexts. Furthermore, they will be equipped to perform a significant and specific function within welfare systems.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
Students will have the ability to integrate knowledge, manage complexity, and formulate independent personal judgments based on the information and legal frameworks learned.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Students will be able to communicate their reflections and conclusions to their interlocutors in a clear and unambiguous manner, and they will be capable of employing the most appropriate communication strategies for the specific context in which they operate. In particular, students will demonstrate the presentation and communication skills developed during the course through the active use of participatory teaching methodologies.
LEARNING SKILLS:
Students will develop the learning skills necessary to continue studying in a self-directed or autonomous manner. Continuous engagement with concrete cases and practical experiences will enhance their capacity to independently and constantly update the knowledge they have acquired.

Methods and criteria for verifying the learning:
The exam assesses the student’s overall preparation, the ability to combine knowledge about each part of the syllabus, the coherence of argumentation, analytical ability, and autonomy of judgment. In addition, the student’s command of language and clarity of presentation are also assessed, in adherence with the Dublin descriptors (1. knowledge and understanding; 2. applying knowledge and experience; 3. making judgments; 4. learning skills; 5. communication skills). The final grade is graded on a 30-point scale based 70% on the student’s depth of knowledge and 30% on the student’s capacity for oral expression, communication skills, and independent critical thinking. The exam will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Fail: Significant deficiencies and inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the subject matter; poor analytical and synthesising skills, recurrent generalisations, and limited critical and judgmental skills; arguments are expounded inconsistently and with inappropriate language. 18-20: Knowledge and understanding of the topics are barely adequate, with occasional generalisations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis, and autonomy of judgment; arguments are frequently expounded in an incoherent manner and with non-technical or inappropriate language. 21-23: Fair knowledge and understanding of the subject; proper analysis and synthesis skills with coherent and logical argumentation, although the use of specialized or technical language remains limited or frequently inappropriate. 24-26: Moderate to good knowledge and understanding of the subjects; solid analytical and synthesis skills with arguments expressed rigorously, though the technical terminology is not always applied consistently or appropriately. 27-29: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the subjects; remarkable analytical and synthesis skills combined with a good autonomy of judgment. Topics are expounded rigorously using highly appropriate and technical language. 30 – 30 cum laude: Excellent level of in-depth knowledge and exhaustive understanding of the subjects. Outstanding skills in analysis, synthesis, and independent judgment. Arguments are expressed in an original, critical way and with flawless technical-legal language.

Methods and criteria for verifying the learning:

The exam assesses the student’s overall preparation, the ability to combine knowledge about each part of the syllabus, the coherence of argumentation, analytical ability, and autonomy of judgment. In addition, the student’s command of language and clarity of presentation are also assessed, in adherence with the Dublin descriptors (1. knowledge and understanding; 2. applying knowledge and experience; 3. making judgments; 4. learning skills; 5. communication skills).
The final grade is graded on a 30-point scale based 70% on the student’s depth of knowledge and 30% on the student’s capacity for oral expression, communication skills, and independent critical thinking.
The exam will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
Fail: Significant deficiencies and inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the subject matter; poor analytical and synthesising skills, recurrent generalisations, and limited critical and judgmental skills; arguments are expounded inconsistently and with inappropriate language.
18-20: Knowledge and understanding of the topics are barely adequate, with occasional generalisations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis, and autonomy of judgment; arguments are frequently expounded in an incoherent manner and with non-technical or inappropriate language.
21-23: Fair knowledge and understanding of the subject; proper analysis and synthesis skills with coherent and logical argumentation, although the use of specialized or technical language remains limited or frequently inappropriate.
24-26: Moderate to good knowledge and understanding of the subjects; solid analytical and synthesis skills with arguments expressed rigorously, though the technical terminology is not always applied consistently or appropriately.
27-29: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the subjects; remarkable analytical and synthesis skills combined with a good autonomy of judgment. Topics are expounded rigorously using highly appropriate and technical language.
30 – 30 cum laude: Excellent level of in-depth knowledge and exhaustive understanding of the subjects. Outstanding skills in analysis, synthesis, and independent judgment. Arguments are expressed in an original, critical way and with flawless technical-legal language.

Attendance modalities:
The course consists of face-to-face lectures lasting two hours each, for a total of 30 hours delivered during the second semester, with a strong emphasis on participatory teaching methods. The teaching methodology is structured as follows: To enable students to understand the legal phenomena occurring within the relationship between the individual/worker, labour, the employer, and the organizational context; To analyze problems from multiple perspectives by applying the acquired knowledge, in order to learn how to identify, analyze, and monitor organizational processes, dynamics, and behaviours, at both individual and group levels; To engage with empirical case studies to develop the skills necessary to intervene effectively, both in terms of preventing and mitigating critical issues and promoting workplace well-being, with specific regard to the unique characteristics of different organizational settings. Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.

Attendance modalities:

The course consists of face-to-face lectures lasting two hours each, for a total of 30 hours delivered during the second semester, with a strong emphasis on participatory teaching methods.
The teaching methodology is structured as follows:
To enable students to understand the legal phenomena occurring within the relationship between the individual/worker, labour, the employer, and the organizational context;
To analyze problems from multiple perspectives by applying the acquired knowledge, in order to learn how to identify, analyze, and monitor organizational processes, dynamics, and behaviours, at both individual and group levels;
To engage with empirical case studies to develop the skills necessary to intervene effectively, both in terms of preventing and mitigating critical issues and promoting workplace well-being, with specific regard to the unique characteristics of different organizational settings.
Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.