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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWork is a social fact and shall enjoy the protection of the State. The law shall make the necessary provisions for improving the material, moral and intellectual conditions of workers. In order to fulfill this duty of the State, the following principles are established:
1. No law shall establish provisions that affect the intactness and progressive nature of labor rights and benefits. In labor relations, reality shall prevail over forms or appearances.
2. Labor rights are unrenounceable; any action, agreement or convention involving a waiver of or encroachment upon these rights is null and void. Concessions and settlements are possible only at the end of the employment relationship, in accordance with the requirements established by law.
3. When there are doubts concerning application or conflicts among several rules, or in the interpretation of a particular rule, that most favorable to the worker shall be applied. The rule applied must be applied in its entirety.
4. Any measure or act on the part of an employer in violation of this Constitution is null and void, and of no effect.
5. All types of discrimination because of political reasons, age, race, creed, sex or any other characteristic is prohibited.
… (Art. 89) - SpanishEl trabajo es un hecho social y gozará de la protección del Estado. La ley dispondrá lo necesario para mejorar las condiciones materiales, morales e intelectuales de los trabajadores y trabajadoras. Para el cumplimiento de esta obligación del Estado se establecen los siguientes principios:
1. Ninguna ley podrá establecer disposiciones que alteren la intangibilidad y progresividad de los derechos y beneficios laborales. En las relaciones laborales prevalece la realidad sobre las formas o apariencias.
2. Los derechos laborales son irrenunciables. Es nula toda acción, acuerdo o convenio que implique renuncia o menoscabo de estos derechos. Sólo es posible la transacción y convenimiento al término de la relación laboral, de conformidad con los requisitos que establezca la ley.
3. Cuando hubiere dudas acerca de la aplicación o concurrencia de varias normas, o en la interpretación de una determinada norma, se aplicará la más favorable al trabajador o trabajadora. La norma adoptada se aplicará en su integridad.
4. Toda medida o acto del patrono o patrona contrario a esta Constitución es nulo y no genera efecto alguno.
5. Se prohíbe todo tipo de discriminación por razones de política, edad, raza, sexo o credo o por cualquier otra condición.
… (Art. 89)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens shall have the right to rest, as expressed in establishment of limits of work week, grant of annual paid holidays, and days of weekly rest.
The state shall create enabling environment for recreation and use of leisure time. (Art. 50) - RussianКаждый человек имеет право на отдых, которое выражается в установлении рабочей недели ограниченной продолжительности, предоставлении ежегодных оплачиваемых отпусков, дней еженедельного отдыха.
Государство создаёт для человека благоприятные условия отдыха и использования свободного времени. (Статья 50) - TurkmenHer bir adamyň dynç almaga hukugy bardyr we ol iş hepdesiniň çäklendirilen dowamlylygynyň bellenmeginden, her ýylky tölegli zähmet rugsatlarynyň, her hepdede dynç günleriniň berilmeginden ybaratdyr.
Döwlet adam üçin dynç almaga we boş wagtyny peýdalanmaga amatly şertleri döredýär. (50-nji madda)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Private enterprise shall be freely undertaken and exercised with respect for the Constitution and the law.
2. Everyone shall have the right to engage in free business and cooperative initiatives, to be exercised under the terms of the law.
... (Art. 38) - Portuguese1. A iniciativa económica privada é livre, sendo exercida com respeito pela Constituição e pela lei.
2. A todos é reconhecido o direito à livre iniciativa empresarial e cooperativa, a exercer nos termos da lei.
... (Art. 38)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll workers have the right to a minimum salary, fixed periodically, for a normal working day, that procures them [a] well-being and [a] dignified existence. The salary will always be equal for equal work in identical conditions of efficiency.
All [matters] relative to the fixing of the minimum salaries will be the responsibility of the technical organ that the law determines. (Art. 57) - SpanishTodo trabajador tendrá derecho a un salario mínimo, de fijación periódica, por jornada normal, que le procure bienestar y existencia digna. El salario será siempre igual para trabajo igual en idénticas condiciones de eficiencia.
Todo lo relativo a fijación de salarios mínimos estará a cargo del organismo técnico que la ley determine. (Art. 57)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Work is a right, a duty and a matter of honour for every citizen who is capable of working, and everyone shall be paid for his work on the basis of the principle “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his work”.
(2) The State shall endeavour to create conditions in which, as a general principle, persons shall not be able to enjoy unearned incomes, and in which human labour in every form, intellectual and physical, shall become a fuller expression of creative endeavour and of the human personality. (Art. 20) - Bengali(১) কর্ম হইতেছে কর্মক্ষম প্রত্যেক নাগরিকের পক্ষে অধিকার, কর্তব্য ও সম্মানের বিষয়, এবং “প্রত্যেকের নিকট হইতে যোগ্যতানুসারে ও প্রত্যেককে কর্মানুযায়ী”-এই নীতির ভিত্তিতে প্রত্যেকে স্বীয় কর্মের জন্য পারিশ্রমিক লাভ করিবেন৷
(২) রাষ্ট্র এমন অবস্থাসৃষ্টির চেষ্টা করিবেন, যেখানে সাধারণ নীতি হিসাবে কোন ব্যক্তি অনুপার্জিত আয় ভোগ করিতে সমর্থ হইবেন না এবং যেখানে বুদ্ধিবৃত্তিমূলক ও কায়িক-সকল প্রকার শ্র্রম সৃষ্টিধর্মী প্রয়াসের ও মানবিক ব্যক্তিত্বের পূর্ণতর অভিব্যক্তিতে পরিণত হইবে৷ (অনুচ্ছেদ ২০)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) In the following matters legislation is the business of the Federation, execution that of the provinces:
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9. legislation on workers and on the protection of workers and salaried employees, provided that workers and salaried employees in agriculture and forestry are concerned.
… (Art. 11) - German
(1) Bundessache ist die Gesetzgebung, Landessache die Vollziehung in folgenden Angelegenheiten:
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9. Arbeiterrecht sowie Arbeiter- und Angestelltenschutz, soweit es sich um land- und forstwirtschaftliche Arbeiter und Angestellte handelt.
… (Art. 11)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe Republic guarantees to every citizen the right to work, to a healthy environment, to rest and to recreation within the conditions established by the law. It assures to them the conditions favorable for their development through an efficient policy of employment.
All citizens are equal concerning employment. No one may be discriminated against in their work or their employment because of their origin, of their sex, of their opinions or of their beliefs.
All workers participate, through the intermediary of their representatives, in the determination of working conditions.
The laws establish the conditions of assistance and of protection accorded to workers, and most particularly to the most young, to the most elderly, to the handicapped and to the minorities. (Art. 11) - FrenchLa République garantit à chaque citoyen le droit au travail, à un environnement sain, au repos et aux loisirs dans le respect des exigences du développement national. Elle lui assure les conditions favorables à son épanouissement par une politique efficiente de l'emploi.
Tous les citoyens sont égaux devant l'emploi. Nul ne peut être lésé dans son travail ou son emploi en raison de ses origines, de son sexe, de ses opinions ou de ses croyances.
Tout travailleur participe, par l'intermédiaire de ses représentants, à la détermination des conditions de travail.
Des lois fixent les conditions d'assistance et de protection accordées aux travailleurs, plus particulièrement aux plus jeunes, aux plus âgés, aux personnes handicapés et aux minorités. (Art. 11)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishPeople who work have a right to social security. The State, through the social security system, guarantees adequate protection when a person finds themselves unable to work due to age, maternity, paternity, disability, or illness.
Likewise, in accordance with the law, the State protects grandparents or other relatives of minors in their care and attention.
In the case of a worker's death or retirement, the State grants similar protection to his or her family, in accordance with that which is established in the law. (Art. 68) - SpanishLa persona que trabaja tiene derecho a la seguridad social. El Estado, mediante el sistema de seguridad social, le garantiza la protección adecuada cuando se encuentre impedida de laborar por su edad, maternidad, paternidad, invalidez o enfermedad.
Asimismo, de conformidad con la ley, el Estado protege a los abuelos u otros familiares del menor de edad, en función del cuidado y atención a este.
En caso de muerte de la persona que trabaja o se encuentra pensionada, el Estado brinda similar protección a su familia, conforme a lo establecido en la ley. (Art. 68)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Women, adolescents, and persons with health problems have the right to increased protection of their health at work and to special work conditions.
… (Charter, Art. 29) - Czech(1) Ženy, mladiství a osoby zdravotně postižené mají právo na zvýšenou ochranu zdraví při práci a na zvláštní pracovní podmínky.
… (Listina, Čl. 29)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The State works to promote parity between men and women in the labor market.
The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities within the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of the enterprises. (Art. 37) - French
L’Etat œuvre à promouvoir la parité entre les hommes et les femmes sur le marché de l’emploi.
L’Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu’au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 37)