BÄ°H631 - NEW TECHNOLOGIES and WORKERS RIGHTS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW TECHNOLOGIES and WORKERS RIGHTS | BÄ°H631 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports Other | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Kadriye Bakırcı | |||||
| Course objective | To inform students of the new technologies used by the employers, to discuss with the students the implications of new technologies on workers rights, to instruct students about the limits of the power of employers to intrude into employees working day (especially the invasion of privacy of workers and bodily integrity). | |||||
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| Course Content | In this course the following topics will be discussed: Definitions of worker, employer, workplace, New technologies used by the employers, The implications of new technologies on workers rights, The obligations and liability of employers, The obligations and liability of workers. | |||||
| References | Frederick S. Lane, The Naked Employee - How Technology is Compromising Workplace Privacy, New York: Amacom, 2004; John Weckert, Electronic Monitoring In The Workplace: Controversies And Solutions, USA: Ä°dea Group Publishing, 2005; International, European Union and Turkish Legislation on Protection of Workers Personal Rights and Right to Work. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The Terms ?Worker?, ?Employer? and ?Workplace? |
| Week 2 | New Technologies Used by Employers: Video surveillance, email monitoring,internet use monitoring/restrictions, computer use monitoring, personal webpages monitoring, social media monitoring, GPS/location monitoring devices, drug/alcohol testing, biom |
| Week 3 | The Implications of New Technologies on Workers Rights. |
| Week 4 | The Limits of Employer Ä°ntervention in Employees Rights (Especially Intervention in the Right to Privacy): General Introduction |
| Week 5 | ILO and the Limits of Employers Intervention in Workers Rights (Especially Intervention in the Right to Privacy) |
| Week 6 | COE and the Limits of Employers Intervention in Workers Rights (Especially Intervention in the Right to Privacy) |
| Week 7 | EU and the Limits of Employers Intervention in Workers Rights (Especially Intervention in the Right to Privacy) |
| Week 8 | Turkish Law and the Limits of Employers Intervention in Workers Rights (Especially Intervention in the Right to Privacy) |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam |
| Week 10 | The Obligations of Employers to Safeguard Workers and Respect Workers? Personal Rights |
| Week 11 | The Liability of Employers Arising Out of the Infringement of Workers? Personal Rights and Liability of Workers who Infringes Their Colleagues? Personal Rights |
| Week 12 | Legal Liability |
| Week 13 | Administrative Liability |
| Week 14 | Criminal Liability |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
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WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 76 | 76 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 50 | 50 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 162 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest