Employment, Inequalities and Discrimination in the Global Labour Market

The teaching of "Employment, inequalities and discrimination in the global labour market" aims to provide socio-economic and legal skills in the field of inequalities and job discrimination. Starting from the theories of labour market segmentation at a global level, the objective is to offer a knowledge of the principles of equality and of the legal rules inspired by the realization of equal opportunities, both at the macro-regulatory level and at the company level. The course intends to train experts and practitioners in the field of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity policies, as well as personnel in companies, associations and organizations who have to deal with these aspects of work discrimination and diversity management. Furthermore, the course aims at acquiring the knowledge and skills required to be able to maintain an adequate update over time on the evolution of the institutional framework.

The expected learning outcomes are knowledge and understanding of labour market inequalities from both the demand and supply side, the principles of equality and equal opportunities in global societies, and the protection of human dignity through anti-discrimination laws that aim to achieve them. We expect to transmit the ability to apply the knowledge learned through the concrete classification of specific cases within the general system of rules, including the identification of the rules applicable to them, using the correct application in the legal field of the problem solving techniques. Students will also learn to express autonomous assessments on the regulatory system and on the effects that the rules have on the concrete dynamics functioning in the workplace. They will learn how to work in a group through activities carried out both in the classroom and autonomously and with an exposition of the results achieved in the classroom, with the aim of developing relational and communication skills.