UVSRPVK108 Labour Market and Employment Policy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the information regarding labour forces, labour market, employment and still deepening unemployment, legislative background of employment policy. The course will provide the knowledge of direct and indirect instruments which influence the labour market: the forms of active and passive policy of employment, means of prevention of unemployment or its moderation, the attention is paid to genesis of unemployment with focus on regional unemployment, it traces the labour market peculiarities (character of LM, segmentation of LM, balance on LM), next mobility of labour forces. The attention is paid also to issue of graduates, discrimination on LM and foreigners on LM in the Czech republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory - entry lecture - labour force as primary factor of regional (territorial) development - delimitation of the issue, definition, concepts, legislation
    2. Society and unemployment - unemployment and its consequences, criteria of unemployment, unemployment measurement, types of unemployment, opinions on unemployment from the point of view of theoreticians, classics
    3. Labour market - its peculiarities, characteristics of LM, segmentation of LM, investment to human capital
    4. Genesis of unemployment issue in the Czech republic (retrospective after 1945 - current day), legislation
    5. Mobility - fluctuation of labour forces as an instrument for solving of disproportion on LM, division of mobility (geographical, professional, economic etc.)
    6. Mobility of labour forces - migration (its manifestations and impacts on LM), international mobility, commuting (its manifestations and consequences on LM)
    7. Employment policy - general characteristics, Active employment policy and its role in unemployment reduction, legislation
    8. Active employment policy - programmes APZ, its regional diversities, legislation
    9. Foreign workers on labour market in the Czech republic - importance, plus and minuses in employing foreigners, legislation
    10. International labour market, EU - opinions on regulation of unemployment, programmes, trends on labour market in EU and in the Czech republic, discrimination on LM and its solving including legislation
Literature
    required literature
  • Internetové stránky. URL info
  • Zákon č. 435/2004 Sb. - zákon o zaměstnanosti a jeho novely, kterým se ruší zákony. info
  • Keller, J. a Tvrdý, L. Vzdělanostní společnost?Chrám, výtah a pojišťovna. Praha: SLON, edice Studie, 2008. info
  • Cizinci v regionech ČR. Český statistický úřad , Ministerstvo práce a so, 2006. info
  • Katrňák, T. Odsouzeni k manuální práci. Vzdělanostní reprodukce v dělnické rodině. Praha, SLON, ed. Studie, 2004. info
  • MAREŠ, P. Nezaměstnanost jeko sociální problém. Praha: Slon, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-08-3. info
  • BRDEK, M. a kol. Trendy v evropské sociální politice. Praha: Aspi, 2002. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
Written exam
Oral exam
The analysis of student 's performance
Didactic test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Written exam, seminar follows the lecture cycle, theoretical knowledge is by the means of discussions, presentations, seminar papers and minitests practically verified and tested.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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