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Employment Rights and Protection
Uruguay
- EnglishThe law shall regulate the impartial and equitable distribution of labor. (Art. 55)
- SpanishLa ley reglamentará la distribución imparcial y equitativa del trabajo. (Art. 55)
Employment Rights and Protection
Bulgaria
- English(1) Citizens shall have the right to work. The State shall take care to provide conditions for the exercising of this right.
(2) The State shall create conditions conducive to the exercising of the right to work by the physically or mentally handicapped.
(3) Everyone shall be free to choose an occupation and place of work.
(4) No one shall be compelled to do forced labour.
(5) Workers and employees shall be entitled to healthy and non-hazardous working conditions, to guaranteed minimum pay and remuneration for the actual work performed, and to rest and leave, in accordance with conditions and procedures established by law. (Art. 48) - Bulgarian(1) Гражданите имат право на труд. Държавата се грижи за създаване на условия зɚ осъществяване на това право.
(2) Държавата създава условия за осъществяване на правото на труд на лицата с физическɢ и психически увреждания.
(3) Всеки гражданин свободно избира своята професия и място на работа.
(4) Никой не може да бъде заставян да извършва принудителен труд.
(5) Работниците и служителите имат право на здравословни и безопасни условия на труд, нɚ минимално трудово възнаграждение и на заплащане, съответстващо на извършената работа, както ɢ на почивка и отпуск при условия и по ред, определени със закон. (Чл. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
Congo
- EnglishEvery person has the right to rest and to leisure, notably to a limitation of the duration of work and to periodic vacations [congés] as well as to the remuneration of the holidays within the conditions established by the law. (Art. 34)
- FrenchToute personne a droit au repos et aux loisirs, notamment à une limitation de la durée de travail et à des congés périodiques ainsi qu’à la rémunération des jours fériés dans les conditions fixées par la loi. (Art. 34)
Employment Rights and Protection
Chile
- EnglishMatters of law only, are:
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4. Basic matters relative to the labor, union, previsional and social security juridical regimes;
… (Art. 63) - SpanishSólo son materias de ley:
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4) Las materias básicas relativas al régimen jurídico laboral, sindical, previsional y de seguridad social;
... (Art. 63)
Employment Rights and Protection
Armenia
- EnglishThe main objectives of state policy in the economic, social, and cultural spheres shall be:
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2. To support population employment and the improvement of work conditions;
… (Art. 86) - ArmenianՏնտեսական, սոցիալական և մշակութային ոլորտներում պետության քաղաքականության հիմնական նպատակներն են`
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2) բնակչության զբաղվածության խթանումը և աշխատանքի պայմանների բարելավումը.
… (Հոդված 86)
Employment Rights and Protection
Germany
- English(1) All Germans shall have the right freely to choose their occupation or profession, their place of work and their place of training. The practice of an occupation or profession may be regulated by or pursuant to a law.
(2) No person may be required to perform work of a particular kind except within the framework of a traditional duty of community service that applies generally and equally to all.
… (Art. 12) - German(1) Alle Deutschen haben das Recht, Beruf, Arbeitsplatz und Ausbildungsstätte frei zu wählen. Die Berufsausübung kann durch Gesetz oder auf Grund eines Gesetzes geregelt werden.
(2) Niemand darf zu einer bestimmten Arbeit gezwungen werden, außer im Rahmen einer herkömmlichen allgemeinen, für alle gleichen öffentlichen Dienstleistungspflicht.
… (Art. 12)
Employment Rights and Protection
Egypt
- EnglishThe State shall protect workers' rights and strive to build balanced work relationships between both parties to the production process. It shall ensure means for collective negotiations, protect workers against work risks, guarantee the fulfillment of the requirements of security, safety and occupational health, and prohibit unfair dismissal, all as regulated by Law. (Art. 13)
- Arabicتلتزم الدّولة بحماية حقوق العمّاّل، وتعمل على بناء علاقات عمل متوازنة بين طرفي العملية الانتاجية، وتكفل سبل التّفاوض الجماعى، وتعمل على حماية العمال من مخاطر العمل وتضمن شروط الأمن والسّلامة والصّحة المهنيّة، وتحظر فصل العمال تعسفيّاً، وذلك كله على النحو الذي ينظمه القانون. (المادّة 13)
Employment Rights and Protection
Cuba
- EnglishLabor is a primordial value in our society. It constitutes a right, a social duty, and a source of honor for all people who are able to work.
Paid labor must be the principal source of income that sustains dignified living conditions, allows for the improvement of material and spiritual well-being and the realization of individual, collective, and social projects.
Payment in accordance with the labor performed is complemented by the just and free fulfillment of universal social services and other provisions and benefits. (Art. 31) - SpanishEl trabajo es un valor primordial de nuestra sociedad. Constituye un derecho, un deber social y un motivo de honor de todas las personas en condiciones de trabajar.
El trabajo remunerado debe ser la fuente principal de ingresos que sustenta condiciones de vida dignas, permite elevar el bienestar material y espiritual y la realización de los proyectos individuales, colectivos y sociales.
La remuneración con arreglo al trabajo aportado se complementa con la satisfacción equitativa y gratuita de servicios sociales universales y otras prestaciones y beneficios. (Art. 31)
Employment Rights and Protection
Latvia
- EnglishEvery employed person has the right to receive, for work done, commensurate remuneration which shall not be less than the minimum wage established by the State, and has the right to weekly holidays and a paid annual vacation. (Art. 107)
- LatvianIkvienam darbiniekam ir tiesības saņemt veiktajam darbam atbilstošu samaksu, kas nav mazāka par valsts noteikto minimumu, kā arī tiesības uz iknedēļas brīvdienām un ikgadēju apmaksātu atvaļinājumu. (Art. 107)
Employment Rights and Protection
Ethiopia
- English1. Every Ethiopian has the right to engage freely in economic activity and to pursue a livelihood of his choice anywhere within the national territory.
2. Every Ethiopian has the right to choose his or her means of livelihood, occupation and profession.
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7. The State shall undertake all measures necessary to increase opportunities for citizens to find gainful employment.
… (Art. 41) - Amharic1. ማንኛውም ኢትዮጵያዊ በሀገሪቱ ውስጥ በማንኛውም የኢኮኖሚ እንቅስቃሴ የመሰማራትና ለመተዳደሪያው የመረጠውን ሥራ የመሥራት መብት አለው፡፡
2. ሁሉም ኢትዮጵያዊ መተዳደሪያውን፣ ሥራውንና ሙያውን የመምረጥ መብት አለው፡፡
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7. መንግሥት ዜጐች ጠቃሚ ሥራ የማግኘት ዕድላቸው እየሰፋ እንዲሄድ ለማድረግ አስፈላጊ እርምጃዎችን ይወስዳል፡፡
… (አንቀጽ 41)