Faculty of Economics

Employment Policy

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Name of Lecturer(s)	Personal ID	Name
Course Unit Code	156-0305/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated	2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *	Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *	First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is delivered	Winter Semester
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Language of Instruction	Czech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites	Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
	S1I44	doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
Summary

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To explain theoretical starting points of employment policy To interpret employment policy impacts To describe active and passive employment policy in the European union To describe employment policy in the Czech republic To analyze active emloyment policy programmes in the Czech republic To show impact of European Social Fund on the Czech labour market
Course Contents
• Employment Policy and Labour Market Policy • Evaluation of Labour Market Policy • EU Emloyment Policy • Active a Passive Programmes in EU • Employment Policy in the Czech Republic • Retraining • Subsidise Jobs • Community Services • Programmes for Handicapped People • Other Programmes of Czech Employment Policy • Consultancy • Public and Private Emploment Services in the Czech Republic • European Social Fund and Czech Employment Policy • Labour Market and Employment Policy in the Czech Republic
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BORJAS, George. Labor Market Economics. Mc GrawHill, 2010. ISBN 978-00-71048-47-7. EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. Theory and Public Policy. Pearson Addison Wesley Companion, 2009. ISBN 978-0-321-53373-9. SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš et al. Nejistoty na trhu práce. Boskovice: František Šalé - ALBERT, 2009. 198 s. ISBN 978-80-7326-172-6. ŠIMEK, Milan. Podpora zaměstnatelnosti znevýhodněných skupin obyvatel v České republice: Nové přístupy a efekty. Brno: Institut vzdělávání SOKRATES, 2010. 144 s. ISBN 978-80-86572-66-6. https://cs-cz.facebook.com/Národohospodáři-Ostrava-246212538805455/
BORJAS, George. Labor Market Economics. Mc GrawHill, 2010. ISBN 978-00-71048-47-7. EHRENBERG, Ronald and Robert SMITH. Modern Labor Economics. Theory and Public Policy. Pearson Addison Wesley Companion, 2009. ISBN 978-0-321-53373-9. SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš et al. Nejistoty na trhu práce. Boskovice: František Šalé - ALBERT, 2009. 198 s. ISBN 978-80-7326-172-6. ŠIMEK, Milan. Podpora zaměstnatelnosti znevýhodněných skupin obyvatel v České republice: Nové přístupy a efekty. Brno: Institut vzdělávání SOKRATES, 2010. 144 s. ISBN 978-80-86572-66-6. https://cs-cz.facebook.com/Národohospodáři-Ostrava-246212538805455/
Recommended Reading:
BEBLAVY et. al. Let s go to Work. Brussels: CEPS, 2014. ISBN 978-94-6138-406-5. KLIKOVÁ, Christiana et al. Hospodářská politika České republiky po jejím vstupu do EU. Karviná: OPF SLU Karviná, 2011. 136 s. ISBN 978-80-7248-730-1. (7%,) NEKOLOVÁ, Markéta. Flexicurity – hledání rovnováhy mezi flexibilitou a ochranou trhu práce v České republice. Praha: VUPSV, 2008. 72 s. ISBN 978-80-87007-89-1. Zákon č. 435/2004 Sb. o zaměstnanosti v platném znění.
BEBLAVY et. al. Let s go to Work. Brussels: CEPS, 2014. ISBN 978-94-6138-406-5. KLIKOVÁ, Christiana et al. Hospodářská politika České republiky po jejím vstupu do EU. Karviná: OPF SLU Karviná, 2011. 136 s. ISBN 978-80-7248-730-1. (7%,) NEKOLOVÁ, Markéta. Flexicurity – hledání rovnováhy mezi flexibilitou a ochranou trhu práce v České republice. Praha: VUPSV, 2008. 72 s. ISBN 978-80-87007-89-1. Zákon č. 435/2004 Sb. o zaměstnanosti v platném znění.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task Title	Task Type		Maximum Number of Points (Act. for Subtasks)	Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation	Credit		100 (100)	51
pisemka	Written test		100	51