Join this course and educate yourself to identify and handle legal risks before they become costly to your business

Course instructor: Janne Jokinen, advocate and trained on the bench, Haaga-Helia UAS senior lecturer

Course mode: Self-study

Course material: 25 videos, valuable additional material, 6 quizzes. The estimated total study time is 135 hours and the language of instruction is English

Targeted to: Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering entrepreneurs, experts, and consultants in the field, as well as to persons in managerial positions in the HoReCa and service business

Secure your investments from legal problems by studying basic knowledge about hospitality law

Legal issues may become costly for your company. Mastering the laws and statutes of our field enable you to foresee and identify risks, find reliable information and get help when problems occur. The basic principles of the course will help you to solve problems together with legal experts.

Failing to follow laws and statutes or misinterpreting them may slow down your business, or even jeopardize its existence. By investing in legal concept understanding you can diminish the risk caused by ignorance, which might have far-reaching consequences.

Published 2020/11/13
Updated 2025/9/19

Course objectives

In this course, you will:

• Be taught the basic principles of jurisdiction
• Acquire a proper overview of laws and statutes regulating the HoReCa business
• Be able to identify and foresee potential risks ahead
• Be acquainted with the most relevant laws and statutes in the business
• Familiarize yourself on how to acquire relevant up-to-date information from trustworthy sources

Course overview

Module 1. Basic legal concepts

1. Introduction
2. Different legal systems and basic legal concepts
3. Legal liability / Compensation law principles
4. Case / Negligence evaluation and different outcomes
5. Contract law
6. Dispute resolution

Module 2. Employment in the hospitality industry

1. Employment in the hospitality industry
2. Hiring / Employment contracts
3. Collective agreements
4. Termination / Collective grounds
5. Termination on individual grounds
6. Non-competition clauses

Module 3. Travelling and law

1. Air passenger rights / Cancellation
2. Air passenger rights / Delays
3. Travel Packages
4. Defects in a travel package

Module 4. Hotel and accommodation law

1. Accommodation and catering business
2. Accommodation and platforms e.g. Airbnb
3. Catering / Food business

Module 5. Data protection

1. Introduction
2. Data protection in working life
3. Data protection in working life continues
4. Processing principles
5. Risk assessment / Data Protection planning
6. Data protection case

Module 6. Intellectual property rights and trade secrets

1. Introduction
2. Patent
3. Trademarks
4. Design rights
5. Trade secrets
6. Copyright

Why start studying now?

Legal problems are often avoidable when you foresee tricky business situations. Changing jurisdiction requires up-to-date information and understanding of the laws and statutes governing the HoReCa business. By joining this online course, you now have an excellent opportunity to avoid risks and to acquire the knowledge needed.

How do I purchase the course?

You may buy the course by adding it to the shopping cart on this page. You can pay with a credit card, bank transfer, or in-company purchases request for an invoice. You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your order. It contains all relevant data on your purchase.

If you are ordering the course for multiple users, you will be contacted after your purchase. Credentials to each user will be sent via personal email after verification of your payment.

If you make a company purchase and wish to be billed, you will be contacted. You will receive your credentials to use the course upon payment of the bill. If you have any questions or inquiries, please contact us at online@haaga-helia.fi

How do I get access to the materials and for how long do I have to finish the course?

After we have verified your payment, you will be sent credentials for the log-in to the learning environment, where you will conduct your studies. In the learning environment, you will find all your study materials, which will be available for you for 9 months.

You may study at your own pace and return to study materials any time you wish.

Welcome to the course!

 

Published 2020/11/13
Updated 2025/9/19

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