SEARCH DATABASE
The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 194 constitutions from around the world. The Database was updated in partnership with the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and with support from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and the Government of Japan. Experience its wealth and depth of information by starting your search now.
ABOUT 560 RESULTS
Employment Rights and Protection
Guyana
- EnglishNo person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his or her right to work, that is to say, the right to free choice of employment. (Art. 149A)
Employment Rights and Protection
Nepal
- English…
(4) No discrimination shall be made on the ground of gender with regard to remuneration and social security for the same work.
… (Art. 18) - Nepali…
(४) समान कामकालागि लैंगिक आधारमा पारिश्रमिक तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षामा कुनै भेदभाव गरिने छैन ।
... (धारा १८)
Employment Rights and Protection
Slovenia
- EnglishFreedom of work shall be guaranteed.
Everyone shall choose his employment freely.
Everyone shall have access under equal conditions to any position of employment.
Forced labour shall be prohibited. (Art. 49) - SloveneZagotovljena je svoboda dela.
Vsakdo prosto izbira zaposlitev.
Vsakomur je pod enakimi pogoji dostopno vsako delovno mesto.
Prisilno delo je prepovedano. (49. Člen)
Employment Rights and Protection
Nigeria
- English...
(2) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring:
...
(d) … reasonable national minimum living wage,
… (Sec. 16)
Employment Rights and Protection
Nicaragua
- English
Nicaraguans have the right to work in accordance with their [su] human nature. (Art. 57)
- Spanish
Los nicaragüenses tienen el derecho al trabajo acorde con su naturaleza humana. (Art. 57)
Employment Rights and Protection
Saudi Arabia
- EnglishThe State shall provide job opportunities to all able-bodied people and shall enact laws to protect both the employee and the employer. (Basic Law, Art. 28)
- Arabicتيسّر الدولة مجالات العمل لكل قادر عليه، وتسن الأنظمة التي تحمي العامل وصاحب العمل. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 28)
Employment Rights and Protection
Fiji
- English(1) Every person has the right to full and free participation in the economic life of the State, which includes the right to choose their own work, trade, occupation, profession or other means of livelihood.
(2) The State must take reasonable measures within its available resources to achieve the progressive realisation of the rights recognised in subsection (1).
(3) To the extent that it is necessary, a law may limit, or may authorise the limitation of, the rights set out in subsection (1). (Sec. 32) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata yadua e tu vua na dodonu me vakaitavi ena bula vakailavo ni Vanua, qo e oka kina na dodonu ni nodra digitaka na nodra cakacaka, se so tale na gaunisala ni rawa ilavo.
(2) Na Matanitu me na vakayagataka e dua na ituvatuva e veiganiti ena veika sa tu rawa me na qai rawati na kena yacovi na dodonu e virikotori ena wasetiki (1).
(3) Na lawa ena rawa ni yalana, se vakadonuya na kena yalani, na dodonu e virikotori ena wasetiki (1), ia na vakayacori ga ena gauna e gadrevi kina me yalani. (Sec. 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
Cyprus
- EnglishEvery person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the protection of the workers, assistance to the poor and for a system of social insurance. (Art. 9)
- GreekΈκαστος έχει το δικαίωμα αξιοπρεπούς διαβιώσεως και κοινωνικής ασφαλείας. Ο νόμος θα προβλέψη περί προστασίας των εργατών, αρωγής προς τους πτωχούς και συστήματος κοινωνικών ασφαλίσεων. (Αρθρον 9)
- TurkishHer şahıs, insanca bir hayat ve sosyal güvenlik hakkına sahiptir. İşçilerin korunması, fakirlere yardım ve sosyal sigorta sistemi bir kanunla düzenlenir. (Madde 9)
Employment Rights and Protection
Sierra Leone
- English...
(3) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that—
a. every citizen, without discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, shall have the opportunity for securing adequate means of livelihood as well as adequate opportunities to secure suitable employment;
b. conditions of service and work are fair, just and humane and that there are adequate facilities for leisure and for social, religious and cultural life;
c. the health, safety and welfare of all persons in employment are safeguarded and not endangered or abused, and in particular that special provisions be made for working women with children, having due regard to the resources of the State;
…
e. there is equal pay for equal work without discrimination on account of sex, and that adequate and satisfactory remuneration is paid to all persons in employment;
… (Sec. 8)
Employment Rights and Protection
Paraguay
- EnglishAll the inhabitant of the Republic have the right to a legal job, freely chosen and to realize it in dignifying and just conditions.
The law will protect work in all its forms and the rights that it grants to the workers are non-renounceable. (Art. 86) - SpanishTodos los habitantes de la República tienen derecho a un trabajo lícito, libremente escogido y a realizarse en condiciones dignas y justas.
La ley protegerá el trabajo en todas sus formas y los derechos que ella otorga al trabajador son irrenunciables. (Art. 86)