Employment relations and co-operation (5 cr)

Assessment criteria

The grading of this course is formed from the evaluation of: the final practice and from the student’s self-evaluation and reflection on her or his learning process. Evaluation of this course is based on the course objectives. Familiarizing to the materials and putting the main ideas in practice in the context of work are being valued. If the task completion will not be graded it will be mentioned in the task description. If the student´s performance level of the course objectives shows less than 40% the grade will be given by the teacher as failed.

Evaluation scale

Pass - Fail

Objective

Students - are familiar with legislation and agreements related to employment and able to apply them - are familiar with the roles, responsibilities and obligations of the social partners of the labour market - understand the significance agreeing collectively

Execution methods

Independent studying

Accomplishment methods

Participating on the course

Content

- Labour law, Employment Contracts Act, Co-operation Act, legislation and regulations related to the collective agreement system or to employment in general; applying these on a general level - The different phases of employment relationship and the regulation and agreement basis affecting these - Good cooperation and the related potential for the productivity and success of an enterprise, and the practices of the world of work

Location and time

This course includes eight sections. You can study the course at your own pace. Please take note, that there are deadlines with the last two tasks (the final task and self-evaluation). The course is open from the 14th of September and will be closed on the 15th of December, 2024

Materials

Finlex.fi Constitution of Finland The Employment Contracts Act The Equality Act, Discrimination and Gender Diversity Collective Agreements Act Act on the Protection of Privacy in Working life Young Workers´Act. Working Time Act Website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Finland, Labour Legislation. Website of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Finland, employment relationship Heuni.fi: From Exploitation to Fair Employment Thl.fi: Milestones of Gender Equality Articles: New and updated family leave system in Finland. Yle. 2021. About part time work. Yle. 2018. About worker mistreating. Yle. 2023. Articles about collective /local bargaining: Rapporteurs: Important to make use of the existing opportunities for local collective bargaining. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland. 2021. Can work survive without collective agreements? Waselius & Wist. 2021. SAK seeks to prevent abuses of labour and reinforce the status of collective agreements. SAK. 2022. Local Bargaining Benefits All Parties. Metsäteollisuus. 2022. Literature: A source book used in course text planning: Paanetoja, J.(2019) Työoikeus tutuksi -käsikirja. Edita. Helsinki.

Teaching methods

Taking this course happens on Hoodle learning platform and workspace, so you will need a computer with an internet connection. All the tasks and materials are being found in Hoodle workspace and the tasks will be submitted for evaluation with Hoodle, too. Also, the communication during the course is done by using Hoodle discussion forums.

Exam schedules

You can study the course at your own pace. Please take note, that there are deadlines with the last two tasks (the final task and self-evaluation).

Student workload

The Employment relations and co-operation course (5 ECTS [European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System credits]) belongs to the advanced special studies (65 ECTS) of the syllabus of a community educator who is specialised in workplace development. This course is worth 5 ECTS (the link will open in a new tab), which requires around 133 hours of study. The calculated value of 1 ECTS is 27 hours of work. Taking this course consists of carefully familiarising oneself with the materials and completing the tasks with an acceptable level of comprehension. It is essential that you reserve enough time for completing the tasks. The last, final task is the one that requires most time end effort, but the tasks in the previous chapters will help you in completing the last task. In the National Framework of Qualifications the course belongs to level 6. This course belongs to the module: `Co-operation as a Basis of Wellbeing at Work´ in Humak University of Applied Sciences´ community educator´s studies. In Module `Co-operation as a Basis of Wellbeing at Work´ the learner familiarises herself or himself with the essential legislation in Finland regulating personnel processes and practices in the world of work. The learner will understand the significance of co-operation as a fundamental part of workplace well-being. On this module, we will deepen our understanding of the significance of the work that workplace developers perform in their workplace communities. The tasks included in this module enhance the skills of a workplace developer and assist in building her or his professional identity.