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Employment Rights and Protection

Chile
  • English
    The Constitution assures to all persons:
    …
    16. Freedom to work and its protection.
    Any person has the right to freely contract [for] and to the free choice [of] work, with a just compensation.
    Any discrimination which is not based on personal capacity or capability [idoneidad] is prohibited, without prejudice that the law can require Chilean citizenship or age limits in certain cases.
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    21. The right to develop any economic activity which is not contrary to morals, to the public order or to national security, respecting the legal norms which regulate it.
    … (Art. 19)
  • Spanish
    La Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
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    16º.- La libertad de trabajo y su protección.
    Toda persona tiene derecho a la libre contratación y a la libre elección del trabajo con una justa retribución.
    Se prohíbe cualquiera discriminación que no se base en la capacidad o idoneidad personal, sin perjuicio de que la ley pueda exigir la nacionalidad chilena o límites de edad para determinados casos.
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    21º.- El derecho a desarrollar cualquiera actividad económica que no sea contraria a la moral, al orden público o a la seguridad nacional, respetando las normas legales que la regulen.
    … (Art. 19)

Employment Rights and Protection

Chile
  • English
    Matters of law only, are:
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    4. Basic matters relative to the labor, union, previsional and social security juridical regimes;
    … (Art. 63)
  • Spanish
    Sólo son materias de ley:
    ...
    4) Las materias básicas relativas al régimen jurídico laboral, sindical, previsional y de seguridad social;
    ... (Art. 63)