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Employment Rights and Protection
Timor-Leste
- English1. Every citizen, regardless of gender, has the right and the duty to work and to choose freely his or her profession.
2. The worker has the right to labour safety and hygiene, remuneration, rest and vacation.
3. Dismissal without just cause or on political, religious and ideological grounds is prohibited.
4. Compulsory work, without prejudice to the cases provided for under penal legislation, is prohibited.
5. The State shall promote the establishment of co-operatives of production and shall lend support to household businesses as sources of employment. (Sec. 50) - Tetum1. Sidadaun hotu-hotu, feto ka mane, iha direitu no devér atu halo servisu no livre atu hili nia profisaun.
2. Traballadór sira iha direitu ba seguransa no hetan mós husi servisu fatin ba selu-kole, deskansu no mós férias.
3. Labele hasai ema serbisu na’in sira wainhira la iha kauza justa (loloos) eh tan de’it motive polítiku, relijozu ka idiolójiku.
4. Proibidu obriga ema serbisu, maibé ne’e la halakon buat ne’ebé maka iha lejizlasaun konaba ezekusaun kastigu nian.
5. Estadu haburas kriasaun (hakiak) kooperativa ba produsaun no fó tane ba empreza família nian nu’udar fatin atu hetan serbisu. (Art. 50) - Portuguese1. Todo o cidadão, independentemente do sexo, tem o direito e o dever de trabalhar e de escolher livremente a profissão.
2. O trabalhador tem direito à segurança e higiene no trabalho, à remuneração, ao descanso e às férias.
3. É proibido o despedimento sem justa causa ou por motivos políticos, religiosos e ideológicos.
4. É proibido o trabalho compulsivo, sem prejuízo do disposto na legislação sobre a execução de penas.
5. O Estado promove a criação de cooperativas de produção e apoia as empresas familiares como fontes de emprego. (Art. 50)
Employment Rights and Protection
Vanuatu
- EnglishEvery person has the following fundamental duties to himself and his descendants and to others-
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e. to work according to his talents in socially useful employment and, if necessary, to create for himself legitimate opportunities for such employment;
… (Art. 7) - FrenchToute personne a les devoirs fondamentaux suivants envers elle-même, ses descendants et autrui:
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e) exercer en fonction de ses talents une profession utile à la société et, si nécessaire, créer par elle-même les occasions légitimes d'obtenir de tels emplois;
... (Art. 7)
Employment Rights and Protection
Madagascar
- English
Work and professional training are, for all citizens, a right and a duty.
… (Art. 27) - French
Le travail et la formation professionnelle sont, pour tout citoyen, un droit et un devoir.
… (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
Guatemala
- EnglishThe State, through the specific entities, will support the planning and construction of housing complexes [conjuntos], establishing the adequate systems for financing, which would make it possible to involve the different programs, so that the workers may opt for adequate housing and meet [the] health requirements.
The owners of enterprises [empresas] are obligated to provide to their workers, in the cases established by the law, [the] housing units that meet the aforementioned requirements. (Art. 105) - SpanishEl Estado, a través de las entidades específicas, apoyará la planificación y construcción de conjuntos habitacionales, estableciendo los adecuados sistemas de financiamiento, que permitan atender los diferentes programas, para que los trabajadores puedan optar a viviendas adecuadas y que llenen las condiciones de salubridad.
Los propietarios de las empresas quedan obligados a proporcionar a sus trabajadores, en los casos establecidos por la ley, viviendas que llenen los requisitos anteriores. (Art. 105)
Employment Rights and Protection
Viet Nam
- English1. The State shall encourage and create the conditions for organizations and individuals to create jobs.
2. The State shall protect the lawful rights and interests of employees and employers and create the conditions for the establishment of progressive, harmonious and stable employment relations. (Art. 57) - Vietnamese1. Nhà nước khuyến khích, tạo điều kiện để tổ chức, cá nhân tạo việc làm cho người lao động.
2. Nhà nước bảo vệ quyền, lợi ích hợp pháp của người lao động, người sử dụng lao động và tạo điều kiện xây dựng quan hệ lao động tiến bộ, hài hòa và ổn định. (Điều 57)
Employment Rights and Protection
Burundi
- EnglishWith equal competence, every person has the right, without any discrimination, to equal salary for equal work. (Art. 57)
- KirundiAbantu bose bategerezwa kuronka impembo ingana iyo bakora akazi kamwe kandi babishoboye kumwe. (Ingingo ya 57)
- FrenchA compétence égale, toute personne a droit, sans aucune discrimination, à un salaire égal pour un travail égal. (Art. 57)
Employment Rights and Protection
Mozambique
- English1. Labour is the driving force of development and shall merit respect and protection.
2. The State shall promote the fair distribution of the proceeds of labour.
3. The State maintains that everyone should receive equal pay for equal work. (Art. 112) - Portuguese1. O trabalho é a força motriz do desenvolvimento e é dignificado e protegido.
2. O Estado propugna a justa repartição dos rendimentos do trabalho.
3. O Estado defende que a trabalho igual deve corresponder salário igual. (Art. 112)
Employment Rights and Protection
Honduras
- EnglishHomeworkers shall have a legal status analogous to that of other workers, with due consideration for the peculiarities of their work. (Art. 130)
- SpanishSe reconoce al trabajador a domicilio una situación jurídica análoga a la de los demás trabajadores habida consideración de las particularidades de su labor. (Art. 130)
Employment Rights and Protection
Bulgaria
- English(1) Citizens shall have the right to work. The State shall take care to provide conditions for the exercising of this right.
(2) The State shall create conditions conducive to the exercising of the right to work by the physically or mentally handicapped.
(3) Everyone shall be free to choose an occupation and place of work.
(4) No one shall be compelled to do forced labour.
(5) Workers and employees shall be entitled to healthy and non-hazardous working conditions, to guaranteed minimum pay and remuneration for the actual work performed, and to rest and leave, in accordance with conditions and procedures established by law. (Art. 48) - Bulgarian(1) Гражданите имат право на труд. Държавата се грижи за създаване на условия зɚ осъществяване на това право.
(2) Държавата създава условия за осъществяване на правото на труд на лицата с физическɢ и психически увреждания.
(3) Всеки гражданин свободно избира своята професия и място на работа.
(4) Никой не може да бъде заставян да извършва принудителен труд.
(5) Работниците и служителите имат право на здравословни и безопасни условия на труд, нɚ минимално трудово възнаграждение и на заплащане, съответстващо на извършената работа, както ɢ на почивка и отпуск при условия и по ред, определени със закон. (Чл. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
Comoros
- EnglishOther than the matters that are assigned to it by the other articles of the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the right to work, the syndical right, the right to security and of social security [protection sociale];
… (Art. 89) - Arabicغير المسائل التي تسندها إليه المواد الأخرى في الدستور، يرسي القانون القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- حق العمل، الحق النقابي، الحق في الأمن والضمان الاجتماعي؛
...(المادة 89) - FrenchOutre les matières qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- le droit du travail, le droit syndical, le droit de la sécurité et de la protection sociale;
… (Art. 89)