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Employment Rights and Protection
New Zealand
- English(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) to make a request of any other person for sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or other form of sexual activity which contains an implied or overt promise of preferential treatment or an implied or overt threat of detrimental treatment.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) by the use of language (whether written or spoken) of a sexual nature, or of visual material of a sexual nature, or by physical behaviour of a sexual nature, to subject any other person to behaviour that—
(a) is unwelcome or offensive to that person (whether or not that is conveyed to the first-mentioned person); and
(b) is either repeated, or of such a significant nature, that it has a detrimental effect on that person in respect of any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3).
(3) The areas to which subsections (1) and (2) apply are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work:
(c) participation in, or the making of an application for participation in a partnership:
(d) membership, or the making of an application for membership, of an industrial union or professional or trade association:
(e) access to any approval, authorisation, or qualification:
(f) vocational training, or the making of an application for vocational training:
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(4) Where a person complains of sexual harassment, no account shall be taken of any evidence of the person’s sexual experience or reputation. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62)
Employment Rights and Protection
South Africa
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. The practice of a trade, occupation or profession may be regulated by law. (Sec. 22)
Employment Rights and Protection
Paraguay
- EnglishThe workers of both sexes have the same labor rights and obligations, but maternity will be subject to special protection, that will include the assistance services and the corresponding leaves of absence [descansos], which will not be less than 12 weeks. A woman may not be terminated [despedida] during the pregnancy, or as long as the leaves of absence for maternity continue.
The law will establish the regime of paternity licenses. (Art. 89) - SpanishLos trabajadores de uno y otro sexo tienen los mismos derechos y obligaciones laborales, pero la maternidad será objeto de especial protección, que comprenderá los servicios asistenciales y los descansos correspondientes, los cuales no serán inferiores a doce semanas. La mujer no será despedida durante el embarazo, y tampoco mientras duren los descansos por maternidad.
La ley establecerá el régimen de licencias por paternidad. (Art. 89)
Employment Rights and Protection
Turkmenistan
- EnglishCitizens shall have the right to rest, as expressed in establishment of limits of work week, grant of annual paid holidays, and days of weekly rest.
The state shall create enabling environment for recreation and use of leisure time. (Art. 50) - RussianКаждый человек имеет право на отдых, которое выражается в установлении рабочей недели ограниченной продолжительности, предоставлении ежегодных оплачиваемых отпусков, дней еженедельного отдыха.
Государство создаёт для человека благоприятные условия отдыха и использования свободного времени. (Статья 50) - TurkmenHer bir adamyň dynç almaga hukugy bardyr we ol iş hepdesiniň çäklendirilen dowamlylygynyň bellenmeginden, her ýylky tölegli zähmet rugsatlarynyň, her hepdede dynç günleriniň berilmeginden ybaratdyr.
Döwlet adam üçin dynç almaga we boş wagtyny peýdalanmaga amatly şertleri döredýär. (50-nji madda)
Employment Rights and Protection
Angola
- English1. Work shall be the right and duty of all.
2. Every worker shall have the right to vocational training, fair pay, rest days, holidays, protection, and workplace health and safety, in accordance with the law.
3. In order to ensure the right to work, the state shall be charged with promoting:
a) The implementation of policies to generate work;
b) Equal opportunities in the choice of profession or type of work and conditions which prevent preclusion or limitation due to any form of discrimination;
c) Academic training and scientific and technological development, as well as vocational development for workers.
4. Dismissal without fair cause shall be illegal and employers shall be obliged to pay just compensation for workers who have been dismissed, under the terms of the law. (Art. 76) - Portuguese1. O trabalho é um direito e um dever de todos.
2. Todo o trabalhador tem direito à formação profissional, justa remuneração, descanso, férias, protecção, higiene e segurança no trabalho, nos termos da lei.
3. Para assegurar o direito ao trabalho, incumbe ao Estado promover:
a) A implementação de políticas de emprego;
b) A igualdade de oportunidades na escolha da profissão ou género de trabalho e condições para que não seja vedado ou limitado por qualquer tipo de discriminação;
c) A formação académica e o desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico, bem como a valorização profissional dos trabalhadores.
4. O despedimento sem justa causa é ilegal, constituindo-se a entidade empregadora no dever de justa indemnização ao trabalhador despedido, nos termos da lei. (Art. 76)
Employment Rights and Protection
Uzbekistan
- EnglishCitizens, working on hire, shall be entitled to a paid rest. The number of working hours and paid labour leave shall be specified by law. (Art. 38)
- UzbekYollanib ishlayotgan barcha fuqarolar dam olish huquqiga egadirlar. Ish vaqti va haq to‘lanadigan mehnat ta’tilining muddati qonun bilan belgilanadi. (38-modda)
Employment Rights and Protection
Burkina Faso
- English
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the right to work, … (Art. 101) - French
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du droit du travail, … (Art. 101)
Employment Rights and Protection
Antigua and Barbuda
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Antigua and Barbuda-
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b. respect the principles of social justice and, therefore, believe that the operation of their economic system should result in the material resources of their community being so distributed as to serve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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Employment Rights and Protection
Suriname
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3. It is the duty of the State to promote and to guarantee as much as possible all types of entrepreneurial production. (Art. 5) - Dutch…
3. Het is de plicht van de Staat om alle ondernemingensgewijze produktie zoveel mogelijk te bevorderen en te waarborgen. (Art. 5)
Employment Rights and Protection
Belgium
- EnglishEveryone has the right to lead a life in keeping with human dignity.
To this end, the laws, federate laws and rules referred to in Article 134 guarantee economic, social and cultural rights, taking into account corresponding obligations, and determine the conditions for exercising them.
These rights include among others:
1° the right to employment and to the free choice of an occupation within the context of a general employment policy, aimed among others at ensuring a level of employment that is as stable and high as possible, the right to fair terms of employment and to fair remuneration, as well as the right to information, consultation and collective negotiation;
… (Art. 23) - DutchIeder heeft het recht een menswaardig leven te leiden.
Daartoe waarborgen de wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel, rekening houdend met de overeenkomstige plichten, de economische, sociale en culturele rechten, waarvan ze de voorwaarden voor de uitoefening bepalen.
Die rechten omvatten inzonderheid:
1° het recht op arbeid en op de vrije keuze van beroepsarbeid in het raam van een algemeen werkgelegenheidsbeleid dat onder meer gericht is op het waarborgen van een zo hoog en stabiel mogelijk werkgelegenheidspeil, het recht op billijke arbeidsvoorwaarden en een billijke beloning, alsmede het recht op informatie, overleg en collectief onderhandelen;
... (Art. 23) - FrenchChacun a le droit de mener une vie conforme à la dignité humaine.
A cette fin, la loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 garantissent, en tenant compte des obligations correspondantes, les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, et déterminent les conditions de leur exercice.
Ces droits comprennent notamment:
1° le droit au travail et au libre choix d’une activité professionnelle dans le cadre d’une politique générale de l’emploi, visant entre autres à assurer un niveau d’emploi aussi stable et élevé que possible, le droit à des conditions de travail et à une rémunération équitables, ainsi que le droit d’information, de consultation et de négociation collective;
… (Art. 23) - GermanJeder hat das Recht, ein menschenwürdiges Leben zu führen.
Zu diesem Zweck gewährleistet das Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel unter Berücksichtigung der entsprechenden Verpflichtungen die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte und bestimmt die Bedingungen für ihre Ausübung.
Diese Rechte umfassen insbesondere:
1. das Recht auf Arbeit und auf freie Wahl der Berufstätigkeit im Rahmen einer allgemeinen Beschäftigungspolitik, die unter anderem darauf ausgerichtet ist, einen Beschäftigungsstand zu gewährleisten, der so stabil und hoch wie möglich ist, das Recht auf gerechte Arbeitsbedingungen und gerechte Entlohnung sowie das Recht auf Information, Konsultation und kollektive Verhandlungen;
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