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Employment Rights and Protection
Mozambique
- English1. Work shall be a right and a duty of every citizen.
2. All citizens shall have the right freely to choose their profession.
… (Art. 84) - Portuguese1. O trabalho constitui direito e dever de cada cidadão.
2. Cada cidadão tem direito à livre escolha da profissão.
… (Art. 84)
Employment Rights and Protection
Honduras
- EnglishEvery person has the right to work under equitable and satisfactory working conditions, to choose his occupation freely and to give it up, and to protection against unemployment. (Art. 127)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho al trabajo, a escoger libremente su ocupación y a renunciar a ella, a condiciones equitativas y satisfactorias de trabajo y a la protección contra el desempleo. (Art. 127)
Employment Rights and Protection
Uzbekistan
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to work, free choice of work, fair conditions of labour and protection against unemployment in the procedure specified by law.
… (Art. 37) - UzbekHar bir shaxs mehnat qilish, erkin kasb tanlash, adolatli mehnat sharoitlarida ishlash va qonunda ko‘rsatilgan tartibda ishsizlikdan himoyalanish huquqiga egadir.
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Employment Rights and Protection
Burkina Faso
- English
The State sees to the constant amelioration of the conditions of work and to the protection of the worker. (Art. 20)
- French
L’Etat veille à l’amélioration constante des conditions de travail et à la protection du travailleur. (Art. 20)
Employment Rights and Protection
China
- EnglishThe state continuously raises labor productivity, improves economic results and develops the productive forces by enhancing the enthusiasm of the working people, raising the level of their technical skill, disseminating advanced science and technology, improving the systems of economic administration and enterprise operation and management, instituting the socialist system of responsibility in various forms and improving organization of work.
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The State establishes a sound social security system compatible with the level of economic development. (Art. 14) - Chinese国家通过提高劳动者的积极性和技术水平,推广先进的科学技术,完善经济管理体制和企业经营管理制度,实行各种形式的社会主义责任制,改进劳动组织,以不断提高劳动生产率和经济效益,发展社会生产力。
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国家建立健全同经济发展水平相适应的社会保障制度。(第十四条)
Employment Rights and Protection
Sao Tome and Principe
- EnglishAll workers shall have the right:
a) To remuneration for work, according to the quantity, nature and quality, where the principle of equal pay for equal work is observed so as to guarantee a dignified existence;
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c) To the organization of work under socially dignifying conditions so as to provide personal fulfillment;
d) To being able to perform their work under hygienic and safe conditions;
e) To a maximum limit to the work day, to weekly rest and to periodic paid holidays;
… (Art. 43) - PortugueseTodos os trabalhadores têm direito:
a) A retribuição do trabalho, segundo a quantidade, natureza e qualidade, observando-se o princípio de que para trabalho igual salário igual, de forma a garantir uma existência condigna;
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c) A organização do trabalho em condições socialmente dignificantes, de forma a facultar a realização pessoal;
d) A prestação do trabalho em condições de higiene e segurança;
e) A um limite máximo da jornada de trabalho, ao descanso semanal e a férias periódicas pagas;
… (Art. 43)
Employment Rights and Protection
Panama
- EnglishWork is a right and duty of the individual and accordingly the State is obliged to devise economic policies to promote full employment, and to ensure to every workman the necessary conditions for a decent existence. (Art. 64)
- SpanishEl trabajo es un derecho y un deber del individuo, y por lo tanto es una obligación del Estado elaborar políticas económicas encaminadas a promover el pleno empleo y asegurar a todo trabajador las condiciones necesarias a una existencia decorosa. (Art. 64)
Employment Rights and Protection
Belarus
- EnglishThe House of Representatives shall:
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2) consider draft laws, including … on the principles regulating labour and employment
… (Art. 97) - BelarusianПалата прадстаўнікоў:
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2) разглядае праекты законаў, у тым ліку … аб прынцыпах рэгулявання працы і занятасці
… (Артыкул 97) - RussianПалата представителей:
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2) рассматривает проекты законов, в том числе … о принципах регулирования труда и занятости
… (Статья 97)
Employment Rights and Protection
Chad
- English…
The law defines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of social security;
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- the right to work and the syndical right;
… (Art. 127) - Arabic...
يحدد القانون المبادئ الأساسية:
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لنظام الضمان الاجتماعي؛
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حق العمل والحق النقابي؛
... (المادة 127) - French…
La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du régime de sécurité sociale;
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- du droit du travail et du droit syndical;
… (Art. 127)
Employment Rights and Protection
Sudan
- English…
(2) The state shall guarantee to both men and women the equal right to enjoy all civil, political, social, cultural, and economic rights, including the right to equal pay for equal work, and other professional benefits.
… (Art. 48) - Arabic…
...2. تكفل الدولة للرجال و النساء الحق المتساوي في التمتع بكل الحقوق المدنية والسياسية والإجتماعية والثقافية والإقتصادية بما فيها الحق في الأجر المتساوي للعمل المتساوي والمزايا الوظيفية الاخري... …
(الماده 49)