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Employment Rights and Protection

Germany
  • English
    (1) Concurrent legislative power shall extend to the following matters:
    …
    12. labour law, including the organisation of enterprises, occupational health and safety, and employment agencies, as well as social security, including unemployment insurance;
    … (Art. 74)
  • German
    (1) Die konkurrierende Gesetzgebung erstreckt sich auf folgende Gebiete:
    …
    12. das Arbeitsrecht einschließlich der Betriebsverfassung, des Arbeitsschutzes und der Arbeitsvermittlung sowie die Sozialversicherung einschließlich der Arbeitslosenversicherung;
    … (Art. 74)

Employment Rights and Protection

Egypt
  • English
    Work is a right, duty and honor guaranteed by the State. No citizen may be forced to work except as required by Law and for the purpose of performing a public service for a fixed period in return for a fair consideration, and without prejudice to the basic rights of those obliged to carry out such work. (Art. 12)
  • Arabic
    العمل حقّ، وواجب وشرف تكفله الدّولة. ولا يجوز إلزام أى مواطن بالعمل جبراً إلا بمقتضى قانون ولأداء خدمة عامة، لمدة محدّدة، وبمقابل عادل، ودون إخلال بالحقوق الأساسيّة للمكلّفين بالعمل. (المادّة 12)

Employment Rights and Protection

Georgia
  • English
    …
    4. … The State shall promote the employment of citizens. Conditions for providing the subsistence minimum shall be determined by law.
    … (Art. 5)
  • Georgian
    …
    4. … სახელმწიფო ხელს უწყობს მოქალაქეს დასაქმებაში. საარსებო მინიმუმის უზრუნველყოფის პირობები განისაზღვრება კანონით.
    … (მუხლი 5)

Employment Rights and Protection

Brazil
  • English

    The Union has the exclusive power to legislate on:
    I – … labour law;
    …
    XVI – the organization of the national employment system and conditions for the practice of professions;
    … (Art. 22)

  • Portuguese

    Compete privativamente à União legislar sobre:
    I - … trabalho;
    …
    XVI - organização do sistema nacional de emprego e condições para o exercício de profissões;
    … (Art. 22)

Employment Rights and Protection

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • English
    Working hours shall not exceed eight hours per day or 44 hours per week. Where permitted by law, night work shall not exceed seven hours per day or 35 hours per week. No employer shall have the right to require employees to work overtime. An effort shall be made to reduce working hours progressively in the interest of society and in such sphere as may be determined, and appropriate provisions shall be adopted to make better use of free time for the benefit of the physical, spiritual and cultural development of workers.
    Workers are entitled to weekly time off and paid vacations on the same terms as for days actually worked. (Art. 90)
  • Spanish
    La jornada de trabajo diurna no excederá de ocho horas diarias ni de cuarenta y cuatro horas semanales. En los casos en que la ley lo permita, la jornada de trabajo nocturna no excederá de siete horas diarias ni de treinta y cinco semanales. Ningún patrono podrá obligar a los trabajadores o trabajadoras a laborar horas extraordinarias. Se propenderá a la progresiva disminución de la jornada de trabajo dentro del interés social y del ámbito que se determine y se dispondrá lo conveniente para la mejor utilización del tiempo libre en beneficio del desarrollo físico, espiritual y cultural de los trabajadores y trabajadoras.
    Los trabajadores y trabajadoras tienen derecho al descanso semanal y vacaciones remunerados en las mismas condiciones que las jornadas efectivamente laboradas. (Art. 90)

Employment Rights and Protection

Liechtenstein
  • English
    1) The State shall protect the right to work and the workers, especially women and young persons employed in trades and industry.
    2) Sundays and holidays recognized by the State shall be observed as public days of rest, without prejudice to the legal provisions governing rest on Sundays and holidays. (Art. 19)
  • German
    1) Der Staat schützt das Recht auf Arbeit und die Arbeitskraft, insbesondere jene der in Gewerbe und Industrie beschäftigten Frauen und jugendlichen Personen.
    2) Der Sonntag und die staatlich anerkannten Feiertage sind, unbeschadet gesetzlicher Regelung der Sonn- und Feiertagsruhe, öffentliche Ruhetage. (Art. 19)

Employment Rights and Protection

Costa Rica
  • English
    The ordinary daytime working day may not exceed eight hours a day and forty-eight a week. The ordinary nighttime working day may not exceed six hours a day and thirty-six a week. The work during extraordinary hours must be remunerated with fifty percent more than the stipulated incomes or salaries. Nevertheless, these provisions will not be applied in very qualified cases of exception, that the law determines. (Art. 58)
  • Spanish
    La jornada ordinaria de trabajo diurno no podrá exceder de ocho horas diarias y cuarenta y ocho horas a la semana. La jornada ordinaria de trabajo nocturno no podrá exceder de seis horas diarias y treinta y seis a la semana. El trabajo en horas extraordinarias deberá ser remunerado con un cincuenta por ciento más de lo sueldos o salarios estipulados. Sin embargo, estas disposiciones no se aplicarán en los casos de excepción muy calificados, que determine la ley. (Art. 58)

Employment Rights and Protection

Bangladesh
  • English
    Subject to any restrictions imposed by law, every citizen possessing such qualifications, if any, as may be prescribed by law in relation to his profession, occupation, trade or business shall have the right to enter upon any lawful profession or occupation, and to conduct any lawful trade or business. (Art. 40)
  • Bengali
    আইনের দ্বারা আরোপিত বাধানিষেধ-সাপেক্ষে কোন পেশা বা বৃত্তি-গ্রহণের কিংবা কারবার বা ব্যবসায়-পরিচালনার জন্য আইনের দ্বারা কোন যোগ্যতা নির্ধারিত হইয়া থাকিলে অনুরূপ যোগ্যতাসম্পন্ন প্রত্যেক নাগরিকের যে কোন আইনসঙ্গত পেশা বা বৃত্তি-গ্রহণের এবং যে কোন আইনসঙ্গত কারবার বা ব্যবসায়-পরিচালনার অধিকার থাকিবে। (অনুচ্ছেদ ৪০)

Employment Rights and Protection

Israel
  • English

    Every citizen or inhabitant of the State is entitled to engage in any occupation, profession or trade. (Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation (1994), Sec. 3)

  • Hebrew

    כל אזרח או תושב של המדינה זכאי לעסוק בכל עיסוק, מקצוע או משלח יד. (חוק יסוד: חופש העיסוק (1994), סעיף 3)

Employment Rights and Protection

Montenegro
  • English
    The employed shall have the right to adequate salary.
    The employed shall have the right to limited working hours and paid vacation.
    The employed shall have the right to protection at work.
    Youth, women and the disabled shall enjoy special protection at work. (Art. 64)
  • Montenegrin
    Zaposleni imaju pravo na odgovarajuću zaradu.
    Zaposleni imaju pravo na ograničeno radno vrijeme i plaćeni odmor.
    Zaposleni imaju pravo na zaštitu na radu.
    Omladina, žene i invalidi uživaju posebnu zaštitu na radu. (Član 64)