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Employment Rights and Protection

Germany
  • English
    (1) All Germans shall have the right freely to choose their occupation or profession, their place of work and their place of training. The practice of an occupation or profession may be regulated by or pursuant to a law.
    (2) No person may be required to perform work of a particular kind except within the framework of a traditional duty of community service that applies generally and equally to all.
    … (Art. 12)
  • German
    (1) Alle Deutschen haben das Recht, Beruf, Arbeitsplatz und Ausbildungsstätte frei zu wählen. Die Berufsausübung kann durch Gesetz oder auf Grund eines Gesetzes geregelt werden.
    (2) Niemand darf zu einer bestimmten Arbeit gezwungen werden, außer im Rahmen einer herkömmlichen allgemeinen, für alle gleichen öffentlichen Dienstleistungspflicht.
    … (Art. 12)

Employment Rights and Protection

Egypt
  • English
    …
    The State shall protect women against all forms of violence and ensure enabling women to strike a balance between family duties and work requirements.
    … (Art. 11)
  • Arabic
    …
    وتلتزم الدولة بحماية المرأة ضد كل أشكال العنف، وتكفل تمكين المرأة من التوفيق بين واجبات الأسرة ومتطلبات العمل
    …(المادّة 11)

Employment Rights and Protection

Uganda
  • English
    1. Parliament shall enact laws-
    a. to provide for the right of persons to work under satisfactory, safe and healthy conditions;
    b. to ensure equal payment for equal work without discrimination;
    c. to ensure that every worker is accorded rest and reasonable working hours and periods of holidays with pay, as well as remuneration for public holidays.
    2. Every person in Uganda has the right to practise his or her profession and to carry on any lawful occupation, trade or business.
    …
    4. The employer of every woman worker shall accord her protection during pregnancy and after birth, in accordance with the law. (Art. 40)

Employment Rights and Protection

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • English
    (1) The Administration4 shall have exclusive responsibility for the administration within the island of Nevis, in accordance with the provisions of any relevant laws, of the following matters:
    …
    (f) labour;
    … (Sec. 106)

Employment Rights and Protection

Latvia
  • English
    Every employed person has the right to receive, for work done, commensurate remuneration which shall not be less than the minimum wage established by the State, and has the right to weekly holidays and a paid annual vacation. (Art. 107)
  • Latvian
    Ikvienam darbiniekam ir tiesības saņemt veiktajam darbam atbilstošu samaksu, kas nav mazāka par valsts noteikto minimumu, kā arī tiesības uz iknedēļas brīvdienām un ikgadēju apmaksātu atvaļinājumu. (Art. 107)

Employment Rights and Protection

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
  • English
    I. The following are the exclusive authority of the autonomous municipal governments, within their jurisdiction:
    …
    4. Promotion of employment and the improvement of working conditions within the framework of national policies.
    … (Art. 302)
  • Spanish
    I. Son competencias exclusivas de los gobiernos municipales autónomos, en su jurisdicción:
    ...
    4. Promoción del empleo y mejora de las condiciones laborales en el marco de las políticas nacionales.
    ... (Art. 302)

Employment Rights and Protection

Japan
  • English
    (1) All people shall have the right and the obligation to work.
    (2) Standards for wages, hours, rest and other working conditions shall be fixed by law.
    (3) Children shall not be exploited. (Art. 27)
  • Japanese
    １ すべて国民は、勤労の権利を有し、義務を負ふ。
    ２　賃金、就業時間、休息その他の勤労条件に関する基準は、法律でこれを定める。
    ３　児童は、これを酷使してはならない。(第27条)

Employment Rights and Protection

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • English
    The people of Venezuela, … guarantees the right to ... work, … without discrimination or subordination of any kind; … (Preamble)
  • Spanish
    El pueblo de Venezuela, … asegure el derecho ... al trabajo, ... sin discriminación ni subordinación alguna; … (Preámbulo)

Employment Rights and Protection

North Macedonia
  • English
    The Republic particularly protects mothers, children and minors. A person under 15 years of age cannot be employed. Minors and mothers have the right to particular protection at work. Minors may not be employed in work which is detrimental to their health or morality. (Art. 42)
  • Macedonian
    Републиката посебно ги заштитува мајчинството, децата и малолетните лица. Лице помладо од 15 години живот не може да биде вработено. Малолетните лица и мајките имаат право на посебна заштита при работа. Малолетните лица не смеат да бидат вработувани на работни места што се штетни за нивното здравје и моралот. (Член 42)

Employment Rights and Protection

Colombia
  • English
    The Congress will enact [expedir] the statute of labor. The corresponding law shall take into account at least the following minimal fundamental principles:
    Equality of opportunities for workers; minimum vital and mobile [movil] remuneration, proportional to the quantity and quality of work; stability in employment; irremovability of the minimum benefits established in labor norms; faculties to settle and reconcile uncertain and arguable rights; a situation more favorable to the worker in case of doubt in the application and interpretation of the formal sources of law; the primacy of reality over formalities established by those subject to labor relations; guarantee to social security, capacitation, instruction, and necessary rest; special protection of women, motherhood, and the minor-age worker.
    The State guarantees the right to suitable payment and the periodic adjustment of legal pensions.
    International agreements [concerning] labor duly ratified, are part of the internal legislation.
    The law, contracts, accords, and agreements [concerning] labor may not diminish the freedom, human dignity, or the rights of workers. (Art. 53)
  • Spanish
    El Congreso expedirá el estatuto del trabajo. La ley correspondiente tendrá en cuenta por lo menos los siguientes principios mínimos fundamentales:
    Igualdad de oportunidades para los trabajadores; remuneración mínima vital y móvil, proporcional a la cantidad y calidad de trabajo; estabilidad en el empleo; irrenunciabilidad a los beneficios mínimos establecidos en normas laborales; facultades para transigir y conciliar sobre derechos inciertos y discutibles; situación más favorable al trabajador en caso de duda en la aplicación e interpretación de las fuentes formales de derecho; primacía de la realidad sobre formalidades establecidas por los sujetos de las relaciones laborales; garantía a la seguridad social, la capacitación, el adiestramiento y el descanso necesario; protección especial a la mujer, a la maternidad y al trabajador menor de edad.
    El estado garantiza el derecho al pago oportuno y al reajuste periódico de las pensiones legales.
    Los convenios internacionales del trabajo debidamente ratificados, hacen parte de la legislación interna.
    La ley, los contratos, los acuerdos y convenios de trabajo, no pueden menoscabar la libertad, la dignidad humana ni los derechos de los trabajadores. (Art. 53)