Strategic Labour Relations Specialised Programme

Strategic Labour Relations develops in-depth analysis of the rights and duties of the employee, the understanding of the scope of power of the employer's management, as well as the understanding of the role of trade unions within the company.

Labour Relations as part fo the Company Strategy

• The alienation of labour relations and company strategy.
• Labour relations within the context of HR policies.
• Labour relations and decision making.

Labour law and labour relations.

• Basic rights and obligations.
• Work contracts. Advantages and disadvantages of each type of contract.
• Contracts with senior management.
• Placement: private and official employment services.
• Salaries: structure, in kind, deductions and side benefits. Minimum wage.
• Work hours. Overtime. Work calendar and timetable. Holidays and leave.
• Alterations and modifications to the work contract.

The management and organisation power of the employer.

• Workers basic rights and obligations
• The work contract. The advantages and drawbacks of different contract types with a special focus on bonus contracts
• Contracts for people in upper management: basic considerations and guidelines
• Recruitment: official and private recruitment services
• Salaries: structure, in kind, deductions and side benefits. The minimum salary
• Work time. Overtime. The yearly calendar and the work schedule timetable. Holidays and leave
• Changes and amendments to the work contract

Legal representation and collective relations.

• Horizontal, vertical and downward functional mobility
• Geographic mobility: individual and collective transfers and travel
• Contracting and subcontracting work and services
• Suspending and extending work contracts. Causes and proceedings with a special focus on warranted dismissal and redundancy proceedings
• Disciplinary dismissal: causes, effects and the classification of dismissal as fair, unfair or null and void. Labour procedures
• Prevention of labour hazards. The company medical service
• Labour infringements and penalties: types of infringements and penalties and penalty proceedings

Strategic negotiation.

• The seven elements of the negotiations process: BATNA, interests, creative options, legitimacy, relating, communication and written compromises.
• Criteria for facing a collective negotiation.
• Phases of the negotiating process.
• Labour negotiations role play.

The Social Security System.

• Administrative bodies.
• Social Security contributions and their collection. Postponement and division of payment.
• Social Security benefits: beneficiaries.
• Role play de negociacions laborals: es porten a terme diverses negociacions laborals entre els participants del programa, cadascun assumeix un determinat role-play per a poder realitzar la simulació.
• Labour negotiations role plays: programme participants will take part in a series of labour negotiations in which each person takes on a role in the simulation.