Political science and international relations

PAOLA BOZZAO
PAOLA BOZZAO

The course aims to provide students with the knowledge of Industrial Relations System, Trade Union Law, Regulation of Employment Relationship also with regard to Public Administration. This knowledge is necessary to understand the fundamentals of the subject, in the individual and collective aspects.
The course moves from the constitutional principles on worker protection, as individuals and within professional organizations, first analyzing the role of trade union and industrial relations, in a historical and juridical-economic perspective; then examining the particular moments of the work relationship (constitution, development, extinction) and the main types of contracts, in order to provide the basic knowledge for the understanding of working dynamics. The theme of public intervention in the labor market will be examined in depth, with reference to active policies and income support for unemployment.
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the essence of a constantly evolving legislation, due to technological transformations, increasingly dynamic productive and economic contexts. In particular, the student must be able to analyze the applicative problems of the labor law and to evaluate legislative interventions aimed to balancing the protection of workers and the proper functioning of the market.
The aim is to provide the skills necessary for the training of professionals able to operate in economic-productive contexts (public administrations; private companies; associations, political, administrative and economic institutions at central and local level; research institutes, international institutions) in which staff management is of primary importance.