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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, protection at work and material assistance during temporary unemployment. Every job is open to all under equal conditions. Every employee has a right to appropriate remuneration. Every employee has the right to paid daily, weekly and annual leave. Employees cannot waive this right. The exercise of the rights of employees and their position are regulated by law and collective agreements. (Art. 32)
- MacedonianСекој има право на работа, слободен избор на вработување, заштита при работењето и материјална обезбеденост за време на привремена невработеност. Секому, под еднакви услови, му е достапно секое работно место. Секој вработен има право на соодветна заработувачка. Секој вработен има право на платен дневен, неделен и годишен одмор. Oд овие права вработените не можат да се откажат. Остварувањето на правата на вработените и нивната положба се уредуваат со закон и со колективни договори. (Член 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe object of this Constitution is to facilitate the building of the United Republic as a nation of equal and free individuals enjoying freedom, justice, fraternity and concord, through the pursuit of the policy of Socialism and Self Reliance which emphasizes the application of socialist principles while taking into account the conditions prevailing in the United Republic. Therefore, the state authority and all its agencies are obliged to direct their policies and programmes towards ensuring -
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(e) that every person who is able to work does work, and work means any legitimate activity by which a person earns a living;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe law will established the obligatory and complete [integral] system of social security for the dependent workers and their families.
… (Art. 95) - SpanishEl sistema obligatorio e integral de seguridad social para el trabajador dependiente y su familia será establecido por la ley.
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Employment Rights and Protection
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2. Everyone shall have the right to economic freedom and free use of his/her abilities and property for any economic activity not prohibited by law.
3. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of labor, the use of his/her their abilities for work and choice of profession and occupation, labor protection and labor arrangements meeting safety and hygienic requirements as well as the right to remuneration for labor not less than minimum subsistence level. (Art. 42) - Russian...
2. Каждый имеет право на экономическую свободу, свободное использование своих способностей и своего имущества для любой экономической деятельности, не запрещенной законом.
3. Каждый имеет право на свободу труда, распоряжаться своими способностями к труду, на выбор профессии и рода занятий, охрану и условия труда, отвечающие требованиям безопасности и гигиены, а также право на вознаграждение за труд не ниже установленного законом прожиточного минимума. (Статья 42) - Kyrgyz...
2. Ар ким экономикалык эркиндикке ээ, өз жөндөмдүүлүгү менен мүлкүн мыйзамда тыюу салынбаган ар кандай экономикалык ишмердүүлүк үчүн эркин колдонууга укуктуу.
3. Ар ким эркин эмгектенүүгө, эмгекке жөндөмдүүлүгүн пайдаланууга, кесибин жана иштин түрүн тандоого, коопсуздуктун жана гигиенанын талаптарына жооп берген эмгектик коргоого жана эмгек шарттарына укуктуу, ошондой эле мыйзам менен белгиленген жашоо минимумунан төмөн болбогон эмгек акы алуу укугуна ээ. (42-берене)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Parliament passes constitutional, organic, and ordinary laws.
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(3) Organic laws shall regulate:
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p) the general rules covering labour relations, trade unions, employers' associations, and social protection;
… (Art. 73) - Romanian(1) Parlamentul adoptă legi constituţionale, legi organice şi legi ordinare.
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(3) Prin lege organică se reglementează:
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p) regimul general privind raporturile de muncă, sindicatele, patronatele şi protecţia socială;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- 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
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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
- EnglishCitizens of the People's Republic of China have the right as well as the duty to work.
Using various channels, the state creates conditions for employment, strengthens labor protection, improves working conditions and, on the basis of expanded production, increases remuneration for work and social benefits.
Work is the glorious duty of every able-bodied citizen. All working people in State-owned enterprises and in urban and rural economic collectives should perform their tasks with an attitude consonant with their status as masters of the country. The State promotes socialist labor emulation, and commends and rewards model and advanced workers. The State encourages citizens to take part in voluntary labor.
The state provides necessary vocational training to citizens before they are employed. (Art. 42) - Chinese中华人民共和国公民有劳动的权利和义务。
国家通过各种途径,创造劳动就业条件,加强劳动保护,改善劳动条件,并在发展生产的基础上,提高劳动报酬和福利待遇。
劳动是一切有劳动能力的公民的光荣职责。国有企业和城乡集体经济组织的劳动者都应当以国家主人翁的态度对待自己的劳动。国家提倡社会主义劳动竞赛,奖励劳动模范和先进工作者。国家提倡公民从事义务劳动。
国家对就业前的公民进行必要的劳动就业训练。 (第四十二条)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(1) Every labourer shall have the right to fair labour practice.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Article, "labourer" means a labourer or worker who does physical or intellectual work for an employer in consideration for remuneration.
(2) Every labourer shall have the right to appropriate remuneration, facilities and contributory social security.
… (Art. 34) - Nepali
(१) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित श्रम अभ्यासको हक हुनेछ ।
स्पष्टीकरणः यस धाराको प्रयोजनकालागि “श्रमिक” भन्नाले पारिश्रमिकलिई रोजगारदाताकालागि शारीरिक वा बौद्धिक कार्य गर्ने कामदार वा मजदूर सम्झनु पर्छ ।
(२) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित पारिश्रमिक, सुविधा तथा योगदानमा आधारित सामाजिक सुरक्षाको हक हुनेछ ।
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) All Spaniards have the duty to work and the right to work, to the free choice of profession or trade, to advancement through work, and to a sufficient remuneration for the satisfaction of their needs and those of their families. Under no circumstances may they be discriminated on account of their sex.
(2) The law shall regulate a Workers' Statute. (Sec. 35) - Spanish1. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de trabajar y el derecho al trabajo, a la libre elección de profesión u oficio, a la promoción a través del trabajo y a una remuneración suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades y las de su familia, sin que en ningún caso pueda hacerse discriminación por razón de sexo.
2. La ley regulará un estatuto de los trabajadores. (Art. 35)