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Employment Rights and Protection
Eswatini
- English(1) A person has the right to practise a profession and to carry on any lawful occupation, trade or business.
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(3) The employer of a female worker shall accord that worker protection before and after child birth in accordance with law.
(4) Parliament shall enact laws to -
(a) provide for the right of persons to work under satisfactory, safe and healthy conditions;
(b) ensure equal payment for equal work without discrimination;
(c) ensure that every worker is accorded rest and reasonable working hours and periods of holidays with pay as well as remuneration for public holidays; and
(d) protect employees from victimisation and unfair dismissal or treatment. (Sec. 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
Ecuador
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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17. The right to freedom of work. No one shall be obligated to carry out free or forced labor, unless provided for by law.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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17. EI derecho a la libertad de trabajo. Nadie será obligado a realizar un trabajo gratuito o forzoso, salvo los casos que determine la ley.
… (Art. 66)
Employment Rights and Protection
Kuwait
- EnglishEvery Kuwaiti shall have the right to work and to choose the nature of his occupation.
Work is the duty of every citizen. Dignity requires it and the public welfare ordains it. The State shall make work available to citizens and shall see to the equity of its conditions. (Art. 41) - Arabicلكل كويتي الحق في العمل وفي اختيار نوعه.
والعمل واجب على كل مواطن تقتضيه الكرامة ويستوجبه الخير العام، وتقوم الدولة على توفيره للمواطنين وعلى عدالة شروطه. (المادّة 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
Romania
- English(1) The right to work shall not be restricted. Everyone has a free choice of his/her profession, trade or occupation, as well as work place.
(2) All employees have the right to measures of social protection. These concern employees' safety and health, working conditions for women and young people, the setting up of a minimum gross salary per economy, weekends, paid rest leave, work performed under difficult and special conditions, as well as other specific conditions, as stipulated by the law.
(3) The normal duration of a working day is of maximum eight hours, on the average.
(4) On equal work with men, women shall get equal wages.
… (Art. 41) - Romanian(1) Dreptul la muncă nu poate fi îngrădit. Alegerea profesiei, a meseriei sau a ocupaţiei, precum şi a locului de muncă este liberă.
(2) Salariaţii au dreptul la măsuri de protecţie socială. Acestea privesc securitatea şi sănătatea salariaţilor, regimul de muncă al femeilor si al tinerilor, instituirea unui salariu minim brut pe ţară, repausul săptămânal, concediul de odihnă plătit, prestarea muncii în condiţii deosebite sau speciale, formarea profesională, precum şi alte situaţii specifice, stabilite prin lege.
(3) Durata normală a zilei de lucru este, în medie, de cel mult 8 ore.
(4) La muncă egală, femeile au salariu egal cu bărbaţii.
... (Art. 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
Kenya
- English(1) Every person has the right to fair labour practices.
(2) Every worker has the right—
(a) to fair remuneration;
(b) to reasonable working conditions;
… (Art. 41) - Swahili(1) Kila mtu ana haki ya kufanya kazi kwa usawa.
(2) Kila mfanyakazi ana haki -
(a) ya kupata mshahara mzuri;
(b) ya kuwa na mazingira mazuri ya kufanya kazi;
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Employment Rights and Protection
El Salvador
- EnglishThe social security constitutes a public service of an obligatory character. The law will regulate its scope, extent, and form.
Said service shall be rendered by one or various institutions, which must observe among them an adequate coordination to assure a good policy of social protection, in [a] specialized form and with optimum utilization of resources.
The employers, workers, and the State will contribute to the payment of the social security in the form and quantity determined by the law.
… (Art. 50) - SpanishLa seguridad social constituye un servicio público de carácter obligatorio. La ley regulará sus alcances, extensión y forma.
Dicho servicio será prestado por una o varias instituciones, las que deberán guardar entre sí la adecuada coordinación para asegurar una buena política de protección social, en forma especializada y con óptima utilización de los recursos.
Al pago de la seguridad social contribuirán los patronos, los trabajadores y el Estado en la forma y cuantía que determine la ley.
… (Art. 50)
Employment Rights and Protection
Nepal
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(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
Mali
- EnglishThe right to work and to rest is recognized and is equal for all.
… (Art. 19) - FrenchLe droit au travail et au repos est reconnu et est égal pour tous.
… (Art. 19)
Employment Rights and Protection
Haiti
- EnglishFreedom to work is guaranteed; every citizen has the obligation to engage in work of his choice to meet his own and his family’s needs, and to cooperate with the State in the establishment of a social security system. (Art. 35)
- FrenchLa liberté du travail est garantie. Tout citoyen a pour obligation de se consacrer à un travail de son choix en vue de subvenir à ses besoins et à ceux de sa famille, de coopérer avec l'Etat à l'établissement d'un système de sécurité sociale. (Art. 35)