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Employment Rights and Protection
Brazil
- EnglishEveryone is equal before the law, with no distinction whatsoever, guaranteeing to Brazilians and foreigners residing in the Country the inviolability of the rights to life, liberty, equality, security and property, on the following terms:
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XIII. exercise of any job, trade or profession is free, observing the professional qualifications that the law establishes;
… (Art. 5) - PortugueseTodos são iguais perante a lei, sem distinção de qualquer natureza, garantindo-se aos brasileiros e aos estrangeiros residentes no País a inviolabilidade do direito à vida, à liberdade, à igualdade, à segurança e à propriedade, nos termos seguintes:
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XIII - é livre o exercício de qualquer trabalho, ofício ou profissão, atendidas as qualificações profissionais que a lei estabelecer;
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Employment Rights and Protection
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishThe State guarantees the equality and equitable treatment of men and women in the exercise of the right to work. The state recognizes work at home as an economic activity that creates added value and produces social welfare and wealth. Housewives are entitled to Social Security in accordance with law. (Art. 88)
- SpanishEl Estado garantizará la igualdad y equidad de hombres y mujeres en el ejercicio del derecho al trabajo. El Estado reconocerá el trabajo del hogar como actividad económica que crea valor agregado y produce riqueza y bienestar social. Las amas de casa tienen derecho a la seguridad social de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 88)
Employment Rights and Protection
Iceland
- EnglishEveryone is free to pursue the occupation of his choosing. This right may however be restricted by law, if such restriction is required with regard to the public interest.
… (Art. 75) - IcelandicÖllum er frjálst að stunda þá atvinnu sem þeir kjósa. Þessu frelsi má þó setja skorður með lögum, enda krefjist almannahagsmunir þess.
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Employment Rights and Protection
Costa Rica
- EnglishWork is a right of the individual and an obligation with society. The State must procure that everyone has an honest and useful occupation, duly remunerated, and because of this to impede the establishment of conditions that in some form diminish the freedom or the dignity of man or degrade his work to the condition of simple merchandise. The State guarantees the right to free election of [a] job. (Art. 56)
- SpanishEl trabajo es un derecho del individuo y una obligación con la sociedad. El Estado debe procurar que todos tengan ocupación honesta y útil, debidamente remunerada, e impedir que por causa de ella se establezcan condiciones que en alguna forma menoscaben la libertad o la dignidad del hombre o degraden su trabajo a la condición de simple mercancía. El Estado garantiza el derecho de libre elección de trabajo. (Art. 56)
Employment Rights and Protection
China
- EnglishWorking people in the People's Republic of China have the right to rest.
The state expands facilities for rest and recuperation of working people, and prescribes working hours and vacations for workers and staff. (Art. 43) - Chinese中华人民共和国劳动者有休息的权利。
国家发展劳动者休息和休养的设施,规定职工的工作时间和休假制度。(第四十三条)
Employment Rights and Protection
Bangladesh
- EnglishIt shall be a fundamental responsibility of the State to attain, through planned economic growth, a constant increase of productive forces and a steady improvement in the material and cultural standard of living of the people, with a view to securing to its citizens –
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(b) the right to work, that is the right to guaranteed employment at a reasonable wage having regard to the quantity and quality of work;
(c) the right to reasonable rest, recreation and leisure;
… (Art. 15) - Bengaliরাষ্ট্রের অন্যতম মৌলিক দায়িত্ব হইবে পরিকল্পিত অর্থনৈতিক বিকাশের মাধ্যমে উৎপাদনশক্তির ক্রমবৃদ্ধি সাধন এবং জনগণের জীবনযাত্রার বস্তুগত ও সংস্কৃতিগত মানের দৃঢ় উন্নতিসাধন, যাহাতে নাগরিকদের জন্য নিম্নলিখিত বিষয়সমূহ অর্জন নিশ্চিত করা যায়:
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(খ) কর্মের অধিকার, অর্থাৎ কর্মের গুণ ও পরিমাণ বিবেচনা করিয়া যুক্তিসঙ্গত মজুরীর বিনিময়ে কর্মসংস্থানের নিশ্চয়তার অধিকার;
(গ) যুক্তিসঙ্গত বিশ্রাম, বিনোদন ও অবকাশের অধিকার;
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Employment Rights and Protection
India
- EnglishThe State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, ... and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, ... (Art. 41)
- Hindiराज्य अपनी आर्थिक सामर्थ्य और विकास की सीमाओं के भीतर, काम पाने के, ..... और बेकारी, ..... की दशाओं में लोक सहायता पाने के अधिकार को प्राप्त कराने का प्रभावी उपबंध करेगा, … (अनुच्छेद 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
Luxembourg
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Social security, health protection and the rights of the workers are regulated by the law as to their principles. (Art. 34)
Employment Rights and Protection
Cuba
- EnglishWorkers have the right to a break, which is guaranteed through the eight-hour workday, a weekly break, and annual paid vacations.
The law defines other cases in which exceptions may be made to approve alternative workdays or working systems, with the necessary proportion of time devoted to work and breaks. (Art. 67) - SpanishLa persona que trabaja tiene derecho al descanso, que se garantiza por la jornada de trabajo de ocho horas, el descanso semanal y las vacaciones anuales pagadas.
La ley define aquellos otros supuestos en los que excepcionalmente se pueden aprobar jornadas y regímenes diferentes de trabajo, con la debida correspondencia entre el tiempo de trabajo y el descanso. (Art. 67)
Employment Rights and Protection
Jordan
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3. The State shall ensure work and education within the limits of its possibilities, and shall ensure tranquility and equal opportunities to all Jordanians.
… (Art. 6) - Arabic…
3 .تكفل الدولة العمل والتعليم ضمن حدود امكانياتها وتكفل الطمأنينة وتكافؤ الفرص لجميع الاردنيين.
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