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Employment Rights and Protection
United Arab Emirates
- EnglishThe community shall esteem work as a cornerstone of its development. The community shall provide jobs to the citizens, qualify them for those jobs, and create the suitable conditions for service by enacting legislation protecting the rights of the employees and the interests of the employers in the light of the advanced international labor legislation. (Art. 20)
- Arabicيقدر المجتمع العمل كركن أساسي من أركان تقدمه، ويعمل على توفيره للمواطنين وتأهيلهم له، ويهيئ الظروف الملائمة لذلك بما يضعه من تشريعات تصون حقوق العمال ومصالح أرباب العمل، على ضوء التشريعات العمالية. (المادّة 20)
Employment Rights and Protection
Benin
- English
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The law determines fundamental principles:
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- of the right to work, of social security,
… (Art. 98) - French
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du droit du travail, de la sécurité sociale,
… (Art. 98)
Employment Rights and Protection
Tanzania, United Republic of
- English(1) The state authority shall make appropriate provisions for the realization of a person’s right to work, … Without prejudice to those rights, the state authority shall make provisions to ensure that every person earns his livelihood.
... (Art. 11)
Employment Rights and Protection
Paraguay
- EnglishAll persons have the right to dedicate themselves to the legal economic activity of their preference, within a regime of equal opportunities.
… (Art. 107) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a dedicarse a la actividad económica lícita de su preferencia, dentro de un régimen de igualdad de oportunidades.
… (Art. 107)
Employment Rights and Protection
Belarus
- EnglishCitizens of the Republic of Belarus shall be guaranteed the right to work as the worthiest means of an individual's self-assertion, that is, the right to choose of one's profession, type of occupation and work in accordance with one's vocation, capabilities, education and vocational training, and having regard to social needs, and the right to healthy and safe working conditions.
The State shall create conditions necessary for full employment of the population.Where a person is unemployed for reasons which are beyond one's control, he shall be guaranteed training in new specializations and an upgrading of his qualifications having regard to social needs, and to an unemployment benefit in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 41) - BelarusianГрамадзянам Рэспублікі Беларусь гарантуецца права на працу як найбольш годны спосаб самасцвярджэння чалавека, гэта значыць права на выбар прафесіі, роду заняткаў і работы ў адпаведнасці з прызваннем, здольнасцямі, адукацыяй, прафесійнай падрыхтоўкай і з улікам грамадскіх патрэбнасцей, а таксама на здаровыя і бяспечныя ўмовы працы.
Дзяржава стварае ўмовы для поўнай занятасці насельніцтва. У выпадку незанятасці асобы па не залежных ад яе прычынах ёй гарантуецца навучанне новым спецыяльнасцям і павышэнне кваліфікацыі з улікам грамадскіх патрэбнасцей, а таксама дапамога па беспрацоўі ў адпаведнасці з законам.
… (Артыкул 41) - RussianГражданам Республики Беларусь гарантируется право на труд как наиболее достойный способ самоутверждения человека, то есть право на выбор профессии, рода занятий и работы в соответствии с призванием, способностями, образованием, профессиональной подготовкой и с учетом общественных потребностей, а также на здоровые и безопасные условия труда.
Государство создает условия для полной занятости населения. В случае незанятости лица по не зависящим от него причинам ему гарантируется обучение новым специальностям и повышение квалификации с учетом общественных потребностей, а также пособие по безработице в соответствии с законом.
… (Статья 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
Chad
- EnglishThe State recognizes to all citizens the right to work.
It guarantees to workers the just compensation for their services or for their production.
No one may be discriminated against in their work because of their origins, of their opinions, of their beliefs, of their sex or of their marital status [situation]. (Art. 35) - Arabicتعترف الدولة بحق جميع المواطنين في العمل.
تضمن للعمال التعويض العادل عن خدماتهم أو إنتاجهم.
لا يجوز تمييز أحد في عمله بسبب أصوله، آرائه، معتقداته، نوعه الاجتماعي أو وضعه العائلي. (المادة 35) - FrenchL'Etat reconnait à tous les citoyens le droit au travail.
Il garantit au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production. Nul ne peut être lésé dans son travail en raison de ses origines, de ses opinions, de ses croyances, de son sexe ou de sa situation matrimoniale. (Art. 35)
Employment Rights and Protection
Argentina
- EnglishAll the inhabitants of the Nation are entitled to the following rights, in accordance with the laws that regulate their exercise, namely: to work and perform any lawful industry; … (Sec. 14)
- SpanishTodos los habitantes de la Nación gozan de los siguientes derechos conforme a las leyes que reglamenten su ejercicio; a saber: de trabajar y ejercer toda industria lícita; ... (Art. 14)
Employment Rights and Protection
Suriname
- EnglishThe state shall take care of the creation of conditions in which an optimal satisfaction of the basic needs for work, ... is obtained. (Art. 24)
- DutchDe Staat draagt zorg voor het scheppen van omstandigheden, waardoor een optimale bevrediging van de basisbehoeften aan werk, ... verkregen wordt. (Art. 24)
Employment Rights and Protection
Czech Republic
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(2) Pregnant women are guaranteed special care, protection in labour relations, and suitable work conditions.
… (Charter, Art. 32) - Czech…
(2) Ženě v těhotenství je zaručena zvláštní péče, ochrana v pracovních vztazích a odpovídající pracovní podmínky.
… (Listina, Čl. 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishThe State guarantees the right to private initiative to both nationals and to foreigners.
… (Art. 35) - FrenchL’Etat garantit le droit à l’initiative privée tant aux nationaux qu’aux étrangers.
… (Art. 35)