Knowledge

The student...

has knowledge of the characteristics of the Norwegian labour market, wage determination and social partners.
has knowledge of the source of employment law, especially collective employment law, including the relationship between individual and collective employment law and the relationship between collective employment law and European law (EEA law and human rights).
has knowledge of what a collective wage agreement is and its importance in collective employment law.
has knowledge of the entering into and termination of collective wage agreements.
has knowledge of the rights and obligations arising from the collective wage agreements for organisations and their members, the relationship between the collective wage agreement and the employment contract and the mandatory effect of the collective wage agreement.
has knowledge of collective negotiations.
has knowledge of conflicts of interests and legal disputes and how these can be resolved.
has knowledge of the responsibilities assigned to public sector agencies with regard to this element of employment law.

Skills

The student...

is able to identify relevant issues within the field, in both theory and practice.
can understand terms and the importance of various source of law factors.
can debate relevant issues on the basis of the above.
has the ability to carry out a critical assessment of issues and debate academic issues within the field.

General competence

The student

is able to work with specific issues within the field of collective employment law.
has a good foundation for further employment law studies.

Subject description KAR3100

Collective Labour Law