UVSRPVK108 Labour Market and Employment Policy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
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 offered to students of any study field.
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
  • Zákon o zaměstnanosti 435/2004 Sb., Zákoník práce 262/2006 Sb., antidiskriminační zákon č. 198/2009 Sb. info
  • BUCHTOVÁ, B., Šmajs, J., Boleloucký, Z. NEZAMĚSTNANOST. Praha: Grada, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4282-3. info
  • Kaczor, P. Trh práce, pracovní migrace a politika zaměstnanosti ČR po roce 2011. Praha: VŠE, 2013. ISBN 987-80-245-1930-2. info
  • TRBOLA,R., RÁKOCZYOVÁ, M. Institucionální podmínky sociální integrace cizinců v ČR I. Brno: Baristel Principal, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87474-19-8. info
  • WINKLER, J., KLIMPOVÁ, L. (eds.). Nová sociální rizika na trhu práce a potřeby reformy české veřejné politiky. Brno:MU, 2010. ISBN 978-80-210-5352-6. info
  • KUCHAŘ, P. Trh práce - sociologická analýza. Praha: Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1383-3. info
    recommended literature
  • Internetové stránky. URL info
  • SIROVÁTKA, T., HORA, O. (eds.). Rodina, děti a zaměstnání v české společnosti. Brno, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7326-140-5. info
  • BROŽOVÁ, D. Společenské souvislosti trhu práce. Praha: SLON, 2003. ISBN 80-86429-16-4. info
  • MAREŠ, P. Nezaměstnanost jeko sociální problém. Praha: Slon, 2002. ISBN 80-86429-08-3. 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 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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