Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
8HUK 406Labor and Social Security Law II3+0+03303.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Law
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To better analyze unions and employee-employer relations, which are closely related to economic and social life. To establish the theoretical and practical infrastructure that will enable reaching the right solution with the right approach in all types of disputes that may be encountered in collective labor relations in practice. To examine the functioning and functions of the Turkish Social Security System and social insurance. To provide theoretical and practical knowledge for the correct understanding and correct application of social security legislation.
Course Content Worker and employer organizations, development of trade unionism, concepts of freedom and right to trade unions, establishment of worker and employer organizations, their activities, supervision, membership in these organizations, concept of collective bargaining, collective labor disputes and their resolution, strikes and lockouts, concept of Social Security and its historical development, Social Security in international and European law; principles and financing of Social Security; sources of Social Security law, its place in the legal system, reform of the Turkish Social Security System; scope of application of social insurance (concept of insured, insurance period), administrative management of social insurance; premiums as a source of financing for social insurance; types of social insurance (work accident and occupational disease insurance, sickness insurance, disability insurance, old-age and death insurance); unemployment insurance; right to health and general health insurance; individual retirement; social assistance and social services.
Course Methods and Techniques Face-to-face instruction, lectures, discussions, question-and-answer sessions, problem-solving, and case study analysis.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. ERHAN BİRBEN
Assistants Research Assist. Abdulkadir DARI
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Prof. Dr. Haluk Hadi SÜMER, Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, 4. Baskı, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, Eylül 2023.
Prof. Dr. Ömer Ekmekçi, Doç. Dr. Esra YİĞİT; Toplu İş Hukuku, 7. Baskı, Oniki Levha Yayınları, İstanbul, 2025.
Course Notes Explains the fundamental concepts and principles of social security law and the functioning of the social insurance system.
Documents 4857 sayılı İş Kanunu, 6098 sayılı Türk Borçlar Kanunu, 7036 sayılı İş Mahkemeleri Kanunu, 5510 sayılı Sosyal Sigortalar ve Genel Sağlık Sigortası Kanunu, ilgili yönetmelikler, Yargıtay kararları, ders sunumları ve örnek olay metinleri.

Course Category
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 90

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Correctly evaluating the current legal rules regarding collective labor relations
2 Correct understanding and correct application of complex social security legislation
3 Analyzes legal disputes arising from the termination of employment contracts and evaluates the rights and obligations of employees and employers.
4 Applies labour law legislation and judicial decisions to concrete cases and develops legal solutions.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Workers' and employers' organizations, development of trade unionism, freedom and right to unionize
2 Establishment and functioning of worker and employer organizations, membership principles to worker and employer organizations
3 The concept and characteristics of collective labor agreements, making collective labor agreements
4 Provisions and scope of application of collective labor agreements, amendment and termination of collective labor agreements
5 Concept and resolution of collective labor disputes, Mediation
6 Concepts of strike and lockout, illegal strike and lockout
7 Collective rights disputes, recourse to court and private arbitration
8 MIDTERM
9 The concept and historical development of Social Security, principles and financing of Social Security
10 Sources of Social Security law, its place in the legal system, reform of the Turkish Social Security System, scope of application of social insurance (concept of insured, insurance period), administrative management of social insurance
11 Premiums as a source of financing for social insurance, Types of social insurance (work accident and occupational disease insurance)
12 Types of social insurance (sickness-disability insurance), Types of social insurance (old age and death insurance)
13 Unemployment insurance, Private pension
14 Right to health and universal health insurance, social assistance and social services
15 Pratik Çalışma

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 3 5 4 2 2 3 4 3 4 5
C1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
C3 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 3
C4 1 3 3 4 5 3 1 1 4 2

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant