Specialization block - Labor Rights in the 21st Century 2200-BS058S
The world of work has always been dynamic going back all the way to the times of hunters,
gatherers and settlers. However, since the late 18th century, technological inventions such as
the steam engine (leading to the 1st industrial revolution) and electricity (the 2nd industrial
revolution), changed people’s life and work rapidly and fundamentally. The introduction of the
computer and internet in the mid-20th century (3rd industrial revolution) has been rapidly
followed at the beginning of the 21st century by another revolutionary invention: artificial
intelligence. Thus, currently we are in the middle of the 4th, and according to some, among
which the European Union, even the 5th industrial revolution.
While we are still trying to understand the full dimension and impact of the 4th and 5th industrial
revolutions, life and work continues and (labour) law is doing its best to catch up. The aim of
this course is to explore what the dimension and impact of the 4th and 5th industrial revolutions
are on our lifes, but most of all on our work. This will be explored in a wide context addressing
not only what is called the technological transition, but also climate change (or the green
transition, including energy), sustainability, globalization, poverty and equality. Since many
labour rights are also human rights, the study in the three courses that are part of the block
Labour Rights in the 21st Century, will also include the study of human rights.
More specifically, the block Labour Rights in the 21st Century exists of the following three
courses:
1. EU labour rights (ELR)
2. Human rights, sustainable development and the future of work (FoW)
3. New technologies and labour rights from a comparative perspective (CompLab)
All three of the courses will address the challenges and changes from the 4th and 5th industrial
revolutions, yet each will have a certain focal point. The course on EU labour rights will focus
on globalization, human rights, and the relationship between the EU and national legal orders.
The course on human rights, sustainable development and the future of work takes a broad
explorative approach on technological developments and new sustainability requirements and
how those are affecting existing human rights, freedoms and liberties, as well as how those may
lead to new human rights, and possibly to a new legal system of socio-ecological law. The last
course will again address technological developments, but this time it will focus on how
different regulatory systems respond to the changes these cause in human and labour rights. As
such this course builds on elements of the other two courses as it deepens the understanding of
the responses to the changes in human and labour rights at various regulatory levels and
between countries with different legal traditions. This means, that in the latter course, students
will also be introduced to various forms of comparative law, including historical (between time
periods), vertical (between different regulatory levels), horizontal (between different countries),
as well as between different socio-economic systems.
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Efekty kształcenia
The learning outcomes per course are defined in the course syllabi. By offering the courses as
a specialization block, the students will:
1. have gained a broader and deep understanding of the impact of the 4th and 5th industrial
revolutions on labour rights in the 21st century;
2. have a profound knowledge of the technological changes and their impact on labour rights;
3. be able to assess how work in the 21st century is changing, including their own work
(futures);
4. be able to analyse and evaluate the changes and indicate how those will impact human
rights and labour rights;
5. be able to propose and draft new regulations to address the impacts of technological
changes on human and labour rights;
6. be able to analyse and evaluate the contributions of technological change to a more
sustainable future and how that impacts labour rights;
7. have (futher) developed various soft skills, among others writing, presenting,
communicating, critical legal thinking, litigation, negotiation, as well as research skills,
such as comparative law, legal historical analysis, and the use of databases from the library
(literature research) and online databases from international organizations such as the EU,
the Council of Europe, and the International Labour Organization.
Kryteria oceniania
Each of the courses will use both, formative and summative testing. See the course syllabi for
the details.
For the learning outcomes defined for the combined courses in a specialization block, the
learning outcomes are tested in the final exams for the courses in which students are expected
to use gained insights, knowledge and understanding from each of the courses. For example,
for the paper in the course Human Rights, Sustainability and the Future of Work, students are
expected to also use the relevant literature, case law, etc. that has been presented in the other
two courses (formative testing). Furthermore, for the assignments and during the discussions in
class, students are expected to bring forward insights, knowledge, and understanding gained in
one of the other courses when such is relevant (summative testing). The latter will be more the
case for the course on New technologies in labour law from a comparative perspective, than
the courses on EU labour rights and Human Rights, Sustainable Development and the Future
of Work, which both, in a way, lay down the basis for the first mentioned course.
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