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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens have the right to work.
All able-bodied citizens may choose occupations in accordance with their wishes and skills and are provided with stable jobs and working conditions.
Citizens work according to their abilities and are paid in accordance with the quantity and quality of their work. (Art. 70) - Korean공민은 로동에 대한 권리를 가진다.
로동능력있는 모든 공민은 희망과 재능에 따라 직업을 선택하며 안정된 일자리와 로동조건을 보장받는다.
공민은 능력에 따라 일하며 로동의 량과 질에 따라 분배를 받는다. (제70조)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
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4/ the right to free choice of employment, to be provided with favorable conditions of work, to receive a remuneration, to rest and to conduct private enterprise.
… (Art. 16) - Mongolian
Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
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4) ажил мэргэжлээ чөлөөтэй сонгох, хөдөлмөрийн аятай нөхцөлөөр хангуулах, цалин хөлс авах, амрах, хувийн аж ахуй эрхлэх эрхтэй.
… (Арван зургадугаар зүйл)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Every citizen shall have the right to work, which is a duty and honor. The Palestinian National Authority shall strive to provide work for any individual capable of performing it.
2. Work relations shall be organized in a manner that guarantees justice to all and provides workers with welfare, security, and health and social benefits.
… (Art. 25) - Arabic1- العمل حق لكل مواطن وهو واجب وشرف وتسعى السلطة الوطنية إلى توفيره لكل قادر عليه.
2- تنظم علاقات العمل بما يكفل العدالة للجميع ويوفر للعمال الرعاية والأمن والرعاية الصحية والاجتماعية.
... (المادّة 25)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State should promote abilities of the people to engage in work which is appropriate to their potentials and ages, and ensure that they have work to engage in. The State should protect labour to ensure safety and vocational hygiene, and receive income, welfare, social security and other benefits which are suitable for their living, and should provide for or promote savings for living after their working age. ... (Sec. 74)
- Thaiรัฐพึงส่งเสริมให้ประชาชนมีความสามารถในการทํางานอย่างเหมาะสมกับศักยภาพและวัย และให้มีงานทํา และพึงคุ้มครองผู้ใช้แรงงานให้ได้รับความปลอดภัยและมีสุขอนามัยที่ดีในการทํางาน มี รายได้ สวัสดิการ การประกันสังคม และสิทธิประโยชน์อื่นที่เหมาะสมแก่การดํารงชีพ และพึงจัดให้มีหรือส่งเสริมการออมเพื่อการดํารงชีพเมื่อพ้นวัยทํางาน ... (มาตรา ๗๔)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Everyone shall have the right to decent work, to free choice of profession and occupation, favorable working conditions that meet the requirements of safety and hygiene, to fair remuneration for work without any discrimination and not below the established minimum wage, as well as the right to unemployment protection in the manner prescribed by law.
The minimum wage shall be determined taking into account the need to ensure a decent standard of living for a person.
It shall be prohibited to refuse to hire women, dismiss them from work and reduce their wages on the basis of pregnancy or having a child. (Art. 42) - Uzbek
Har kim munosib mehnat qilish, kasb va faoliyat turini erkin tanlash, xavfsizlik va gigiyena talablariga javob beradigan qulay mehnat sharoitlarida ishlash, mehnati uchun hech qanday kamsitishlarsiz hamda mehnatga haq to‘lashning belgilangan eng kam miqdoridan kam bo‘lmagan tarzda adolatli haq olish, shuningdek ishsizlikdan qonunda belgilangan tartibda himoyalanish huquqiga ega.
Mehnatga haq to‘lashning eng kam miqdori insonning munosib turmush darajasini ta’minlash zarurati hisobga olingan holda belgilanadi.
Homiladorligi yoki bolasi borligi sababli ayollarni ishga qabul qilishni rad etish, ishdan bo‘shatish va ularning ish haqini kamaytirish taqiqlanadi. (42-modda)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. Everyone has the right to rest.
II. To people working on contract with [a] maximum 8-hour working day, rest and holiday days, at least 21-day paid annual leave is guaranteed. (Art. 37) - AzerbaijaniI. Hər kəsin istirahət hüququ vardır.
II. Əmək müqaviləsi ilə işləyənlərə qanunla müəyyən edilmiş, lakin gündə 8 saatdan artıq olmayan iş günü, istirahət və bayram günləri, ildə azı bir dəfə 21 təqvim günündən az olmayan ödənişli məzuniyyət verilməsi təmin edilir. (Maddə 37)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the protection of the workers, assistance to the poor and for a system of social insurance. (Art. 9)
- GreekΈκαστος έχει το δικαίωμα αξιοπρεπούς διαβιώσεως και κοινωνικής ασφαλείας. Ο νόμος θα προβλέψη περί προστασίας των εργατών, αρωγής προς τους πτωχούς και συστήματος κοινωνικών ασφαλίσεων. (Αρθρον 9)
- TurkishHer şahıs, insanca bir hayat ve sosyal güvenlik hakkına sahiptir. İşçilerin korunması, fakirlere yardım ve sosyal sigorta sistemi bir kanunla düzenlenir. (Madde 9)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(1) Every person shall be free … to choose one's employment,
… (Art. 28E) - Indonesian
(1) Setiap orang bebas … memilih pekerjaan,
… (Pasal 28E)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. All citizens shall have the right to work. The State shall endeavor to promote the employment of workers and to guarantee optimum wages through social and economic means and shall enforce a minimum wage system as prescribed by law.
2. All citizens shall have the duty to work. The State shall prescribe by law the extent and conditions of the duty to work in conformity with democratic principles.
3. Standards of working conditions shall be determined by law in such a way as to guarantee human dignity.
4. Special protection shall be accorded to working women and they shall not be subjected to unjust discrimination in terms of employment, wages and working conditions.
… (Art. 32) - Korean①모든 국민은 근로의 권리를 가진다. 국가는 사회적·경제적 방법으로 근로자의 고용의 증진과 적정임금의 보장에 노력하여야 하며, 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 최저임금제를 시행하여야 한다.
②모든 국민은 근로의 의무를 진다. 국가는 근로의 의무의 내용과 조건을 민주주의원칙에 따라 법률로 정한다.
③근로조건의 기준은 인간의 존엄성을 보장하도록 법률로 정한다.
④여자의 근로는 특별한 보호를 받으며, 고용·임금 및 근로조건에 있어서 부당한 차별을 받지 아니한다.
... (제32조)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(2) Every citizen shall have the following freedoms:
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(f) freedom to practice any profession, carry on any occupation and establish and operate any industry, trade and business in any part of Nepal.
… (Art. 17) - Nepali
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(२) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई देहायको स्वतन्त्रता हुनेछ ः–
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(च) नेपालको कुनै पनि भागमा पेशा, रोजगार गर्ने र उद्योग, व्यापार तथा व्यवसायको स्थापना र सञ्चालन गर्ने स्वतन्त्रता ।
... (धारा १७)