Sources of labour law and trade unions.
Individual labour law. The following topics will be treated: subordinate and autonomous work; wages; working time; employees’ rights and duties; flexibility; “external” work.
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Concept of risk and mathematical approach to it; DLg.81/08; Classification of hazardous, carcinogens and mutagens: labels and safety data sheets; Departments Regulations; fire risk; Types and use of PPE; Waste; risk from physical agents.
Labour law:M.LAI, Elementi di diritto del lavoro e di diritto sindacale, Edizioni Lavoro,Roma, 2013, pp. 9/114; the study must be integrated by the direct consultation of the main labour laws, which can be found in labour law code.
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Safety at work: Teacher’s handouts.(recommended:M.LAI, Diritto della salute e della sicurezza sul lavoro, Giappichelli ed., 2010, cap. 3).
Learning Objectives
Acquire knowledge on labour law and learn the methods required to safely work in a laboratory.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as requirements (required and/or recommended)
Courses required: none
Courses recommended: none
Teaching Methods
Total number of hours for lectures: 48
Further information
Frequency is recommended
Type of Assessment
Oral exam on Labour law and multiple choice test on safety.
Course program
Origin, main principles and future perspectives of labour law; sources of labour law; European social law. Collective labour law: unions, collective bargaining, strike and social conflict, worker’s participation.
Individual labour law: rules of the individual employment contract. The following topics will be treated: labour market regulation; subordinate and autonomous work; working time; employees’ rights and duties; dismissal and redundancies; flexibility; “external” work.
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Introduction to the concept of risk and job safety, mathematical approach to risk and use of models; Dangerous components: legislation, classification, labeling and safety data sheets, regulation of the Dept. of Chemistry; Carcinogens and Mutagens and toxicity: classification of substances, measurements of toxicity and health Surveillance, Fire Risk: Framework, principles and parameters of the combustion dynamics of the fire, explosions and explosives, combustion’s products and effects on humans, extinction; Gas: classification, conservation and experiments at low P; Physical agents and related risks: ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation, lasers, laser UNIFI Regulation; PPE: categories and types; Waste: rules and regulations.