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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe domestic worker [trabajador a domicilio] has the right to an officially designated minimum salary, and to the payment of indemnification for time lost by motive of the delay of an employer in ordering or receiving [the] work or for the arbitrary or unjustified suspension of [the] work. A juridical situation [that is] analogous to [that of] the rest of the workers will be recognized for the domestic workers, taking into consideration the peculiarity of their labor. (Art. 41)
- SpanishEl trabajador a domicilio tiene derecho a un salario mínimo oficialmente señalado, y al pago de una indemnización por el tiempo que pierda con motivo del retardo del patrono en ordenar o recibir el trabajo o por la suspensión arbitraria o injustificada del mismo. Se reconocerá al trabajador a domicilio una situación jurídica análoga a la de los demás trabajadores, tomando en consideración la peculiaridad de su labor. (Art. 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Article, the UAE has exclusive legislative jurisdiction in the following matters:
- Labor relations and social security;
… (Art. 121) - Arabicﺑﻐﻴﺮ اﺧﻼﻝ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻫﻮ ﻣﻨﺼﻮﺹ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻓﻲ المادة اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻘﺔ ، ﻳﻨﻔﺮﺩ اﻻﺗﺤﺎﺩ ﺑﺎﻟﺘﺸﺮﻳﻊ ﻓﻲ الشؤون اﻟﺘﺎﻟﻴﺔ :
• ﻋﻼﻗﺎﺕ اﻟﻌﻤﻞ واﻟﻌﻤﺎﻝ واﻟﺘﺄﻣﻴﻨﺎﺕ اﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ .
... (المادّة 121)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
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The law determines fundamental principles:
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- of the right to work, of social security,
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du droit du travail, de la sécurité sociale,
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State makes an effort to overcome the needs of every citizen who, for reason of their age or their physical or mental incompetence, find themselves in an incapacity to work, notably through the intervention of institutions or organs with a social character. (Art. 30)
- FrenchL'Etat s'efforce de subvenir aux besoins de tout citoyen qui, en raison de son âge ou de son inaptitude physique ou mentale, se trouve dans l'incapacité de travailler, notamment par l’intervention d’institutions ou d'organismes à caractère social. (Art. 30)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Every citizen has the right to be rewarded according to the nature, quality and quantity of his or her work, to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and to just conditions of work.
… (Art. 22)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Workers have the right to rest. For wage earners, this right is ensured by the establishment of a working week not exceeding 40 hours, reduced night work, paid annual leave and weekly rest days. (Art. 43)
- Belarusian
Працоўныя маюць права на адпачынак. Для тых, хто працуе па найму, гэта права забяспечваецца ўстанаўленнем рабочага тыдня, які не перавышае 40 гадзін, скарочанай працягласцю работы ў начны час, прадастаўленнем штогадовых аплатных водпускаў, дзён штотыднёвага адпачынку. (Артыкул 43)
- Russian
Трудящиеся имеют право на отдых. Для работающих по найму это право обеспечивается установлением рабочей недели, не превышающей 40 часов, сокращенной продолжительностью работы в ночное время, предоставлением ежегодных оплачиваемых отпусков, дней еженедельного отдыха. (Статья 43)
Employment Rights and Protection
- 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
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) enactment of legislation to ensure equality of opportunity for women, to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of Namibian society; in particular, the Government shall ensure the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination in remuneration of men and women; further, the Government shall seek, through appropriate legislation, to provide maternity and related benefits for women;
(b) enactment of legislation to ensure that the health and strength of the workers, men and women, and the tender age of children are not abused and that citizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter vocations unsuited to their age and strength;
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(i) ensurance that workers are paid a living wage adequate for the maintenance of a decent standard of living and the enjoyment of social and cultural opportunities;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishOwners of farms, factories and other production centers located in the rural areas are obliged to establish and maintain schools of basic education for the benefit of the children of their permanent workers, as long as the number of children of school age exceeds thirty, and in border areas when it exceeds twenty. (Art. 167)
- SpanishLos propietarios de fincas, fábricas y demás centros de producción en áreas rurales, están obligados a establecer y sostener escuelas de educación básica, en beneficio de los hijos de sus trabajadores permanentes, siempre que el número de niños de edad escolar exceda de treinta (30) y en las zonas fronterizas exceda de (20) veinte. (Art. 167)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery citizen of Estonia is entitled to freely choose his or her area of activity, profession and position of employment. The law may provide conditions and procedures for the exercise of this right.
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No one may be compelled to perform work or service against his or her free will, except for service in the defence forces or alternative service, or work required to prevent the spread of an infectious disease or to contain a natural disaster or catastrophe, or work which a convicted offender is required to perform according to the law and pursuant to a procedure established by law.
The national government organises vocational training and assists persons who seek employment in finding work.
Working conditions are overseen by the national government.
… (Sec. 29) - EstonianEesti kodanikul on õigus vabalt valida tegevusala, elukutset ja töökohta. Seadus võib sätestada selle õiguse kasutamise tingimused ja korra.
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Kedagi ei tohi sundida tema vaba tahte vastaselt tööle ega teenistusse, välja arvatud kaitseväeteenistus või selle asendusteenistus, tööd nakkushaiguse leviku tõkestamisel, loodusõnnetuse ja katastroofi korral ning töö, mida seaduse alusel ja korras peab tegema süüdimõistetu.
Riik korraldab kutseõpet ja abistab tööotsijaid töö leidmisel.
Töötingimused on riigi kontrolli all.
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