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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
9. Social Sector
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(o) Working hours, resting-hours, holidays and occupational safety;
... (Schedule One, Union Legislative List [Section 96]) - Burmese
၉။ လူမူရေးကဏ္ဍ
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(ဏ)အလုပ်လုပ်ချိန်၊ နားချိန်၊ အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက်များနှင့် လုပ်ငန်းခွင်ဆိုင်ရာဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းရှင်းရေး၊
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Employment Rights and Protection
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The law determines equally the fundamental principles:
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– of the right to work, of Social Security, [and] of the syndical right;
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La loi détermine également les principes fondamentaux :
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• du droit du travail, de la Sécurité Sociale, du droit syndical;
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Employment Rights and Protection
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(1) Women, minors, and disabled persons shall enjoy more extensive health protection and special working conditions.
(2) Minors and disabled persons shall enjoy special protection in employment relations and special assistance in training.
(3) Further details of the rights defined in sections (1 ) and (2) of this Article shall be specified by law. (Art. 38) - Slovak
(1) Ţeny, mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na zvýšenú ochranu zdravia pri práci a osobitné pracovné podmienky.
(2) Mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na osobitnú ochranu v pracovných vzťahoch a na pomoc pri príprave na povolanie.
(3) Podrobnosti o právach podľa odsekov 1 a 2 ustanoví zákon. (Čl. 38)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery employee of a private or public institution is entitled to a fair wage, to rest, to a paid annual vacation and to a bonus. (Art. 35-1)
- FrenchTout employé d'une institution privée ou publique a droit à un juste salaire, au repos, au congé annuel payé et au bonus. (Art. 35.1)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe exercise and enjoyment of rights and freedoms are inseparable from the performance of duties and obligations and accordingly it is the duty of every person in Sri Lanka –
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c. to work conscientiously in his chosen occupation;
… (Art . 28) - Sinhalaඅයිතිවාසිකම් සහ නන් වැදෑරුම් නිදහස ක්රියාත්මකවීමත්, භුක්ති විඳීමත් යුතුකම් හා බැඳීම් ඉටු කිරීමෙන් වෙන්ව පැවතිය නොහැක්කේ ය. එහෙයින් –
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(ඇ) තමන් විසින් තෝරා ගනු ලැබූ රැකියාවෙහි හෘදය සාක්ෂියට එකඟව නොපිරිහෙලා වැඩ කිරීම ද,
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe Republic of Senegal guarantees to all citizens the fundamental individual freedoms, the economic and social rights as well as the collective rights. These freedoms and rights are notably:
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- the right to work,
... (Art. 8) - FrenchLa République du Sénégal garantit à tous les citoyens les libertés individuelles fondamentales, les droits économiques et sociaux ainsi que les droits collectifs. Ces libertés et droits sont notamment :
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- le droit au travail,
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Where an applicant for employment or an employee is qualified for work of any description, it shall be unlawful for an employer, or any person acting or purporting to act on behalf of an employer,—
(a) to refuse or omit to employ the applicant on work of that description which is available; or
(b) to offer or afford the applicant or the employee less favourable terms of employment, conditions of work, superannuation or other fringe benefits, and opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer than are made available to applicants or employees of the same or substantially similar capabilities employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances on work of that description; or
(c) to terminate the employment of the employee, or subject the employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which the employment of other employees employed on work of that description would not be terminated, or in which other employees employed on work of that description would not be subjected to such detriment; or
(d) to retire the employee, or to require or cause the employee to retire or resign,— by reason of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person concerned with procuring employment for other persons or procuring employees for any employer to treat any person seeking employment differently from other persons in the same or substantially similar circumstances by reason of any of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 22)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery workman in the service of the State, of public or private enterprises or private persons, is guaranteed a minimum wage or salary. … (Art. 65)
- SpanishA todo trabajador al servicio del Estado o de empresas públicas o privadas o de individuos particulares se le garantiza su salario o sueldo mínimo. … (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens of the People's Republic of China have the right as well as the duty to work.
Using various channels, the state creates conditions for employment, strengthens labor protection, improves working conditions and, on the basis of expanded production, increases remuneration for work and social benefits.
Work is the glorious duty of every able-bodied citizen. All working people in State-owned enterprises and in urban and rural economic collectives should perform their tasks with an attitude consonant with their status as masters of the country. The State promotes socialist labor emulation, and commends and rewards model and advanced workers. The State encourages citizens to take part in voluntary labor.
The state provides necessary vocational training to citizens before they are employed. (Art. 42) - Chinese中华人民共和国公民有劳动的权利和义务。
国家通过各种途径,创造劳动就业条件,加强劳动保护,改善劳动条件,并在发展生产的基础上,提高劳动报酬和福利待遇。
劳动是一切有劳动能力的公民的光荣职责。国有企业和城乡集体经济组织的劳动者都应当以国家主人翁的态度对待自己的劳动。国家提倡社会主义劳动竞赛,奖励劳动模范和先进工作者。国家提倡公民从事义务劳动。
国家对就业前的公民进行必要的劳动就业训练。 (第四十二条)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWages shall be paid in return for work.
The state shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers earn a fair wage commensurate with the work they perform and that they enjoy other social benefits.
In determining the minimum wage, the living conditions of the workers and the economic situation of the country shall also be taken into account. (Art. 55) - TurkishÜcret emeğin karşılığıdır.
Devlet, çalışanların yaptıkları işe uygun adaletli bir ücret elde etmeleri ve diğer sosyal yardımlardan yararlanmaları için gerekli tedbirleri alır.
Asgarî ücretin tespitinde çalışanların geçim şartları ile ülkenin ekonomik durumu da gözönünde bulundurulur. (Madde 55)