Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM126: International and Comparative Employment Law

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

TheLegal framework: ILO conventions and regulations, European Social Charter, EU social policy directives, Human Rights conventions, regional treaties e.g. NAFTA, principles of private law regulating employment contracts, and representative examples from the legal framework of selected countries.
Contextual evaluation: regulatory challenges presented by emerging trends such as technological innovation and artificial intelligence including the increasing automization of jobs.
Goals and philosophical foundations of employment regulation: contestation between labour rights protection and economic goals such as flexibility and competitiveness.
Social policy considerations: promoting health and safety, safeguarding jobs, providing decent work, preventing sweated labour and child labour, and protecting vulnerable workers.
Evaluating social costs: identifying costs related to unemployment, income inequality, social security and welfare provision, and free movement of capital and workers across national and regional borders.
Corporate governance principles: consultation of workers and worker representatives on the board of directors.

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
33	267

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	33	Seminars: 11 x 3-hour weekly seminars requiring active participation by all students under guidance of the module convenor.
Guided Independent Study	24	Preparation of seminar paper: each student will research and write a paper on one of the seminar topics, and will present it to the rest of the group during the seminar.
Guided Independent Study	160	Assigned seminar readings and preparation for seminars.
Guided Independent Study	83	Preparation of summative essay and revision for examinations.

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).