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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State recognizes to all citizens the right to work and strives to create the conditions that make the enjoyment of this right effective, and that guarantee to the worker just compensation [rétribution] for his services or for his production.
No one may be the victim of discrimination within the framework [cadre] of his work. (Art. 33) - FrenchL'Etat reconnaît à tous les citoyens le droit au travail et s'efforce de créer les conditions qui rendent effective la jouissance de ce droit et qui garantissent au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production.
Nul ne peut être victime de discrimination dans le cadre de son travail. (Art. 33)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Parliament passes constitutional, organic, and ordinary laws.
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(3) Organic laws shall regulate:
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p) the general rules covering labour relations, trade unions, employers' associations, and social protection;
… (Art. 73) - Romanian(1) Parlamentul adoptă legi constituţionale, legi organice şi legi ordinare.
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(3) Prin lege organică se reglementează:
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p) regimul general privind raporturile de muncă, sindicatele, patronatele şi protecţia socială;
... (Art. 73)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishNo person may be prevented from engaging in the profession, industry or commerce or work of their choice, if it is licit.
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No one may be obligated to render personal services [trabajos] without just remuneration and without their full consent, which will conform [ajustará] to that provided in fractions I and II of Article 123[,] except the labor [trabajo] imposed as a penalty by the judicial authority.
... (Art. 5) - SpanishA ninguna persona podrá impedirse que se dedique a la profesión, industria, comercio o trabajo que le acomode, siendo lícitos.
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Nadie podrá ser obligado a prestar trabajos personales sin la justa retribución y sin su pleno consentimiento, salvo el trabajo impuesto como pena por la autoridad judicial, el cual se ajustará a lo dispuesto en las fracciones I y II del artículo 123.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) Every labourer shall have the right to fair labour practice.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Article, "labourer" means a labourer or worker who does physical or intellectual work for an employer in consideration for remuneration.
(2) Every labourer shall have the right to appropriate remuneration, facilities and contributory social security.
… (Art. 34) - Nepali
(१) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित श्रम अभ्यासको हक हुनेछ ।
स्पष्टीकरणः यस धाराको प्रयोजनकालागि “श्रमिक” भन्नाले पारिश्रमिकलिई रोजगारदाताकालागि शारीरिक वा बौद्धिक कार्य गर्ने कामदार वा मजदूर सम्झनु पर्छ ।
(२) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित पारिश्रमिक, सुविधा तथा योगदानमा आधारित सामाजिक सुरक्षाको हक हुनेछ ।
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishIt shall be the duty of every citizen of Seychelles-
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(d) to work conscientiously in a chosen profession, occupation or trade;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) All Spaniards have the duty to work and the right to work, to the free choice of profession or trade, to advancement through work, and to a sufficient remuneration for the satisfaction of their needs and those of their families. Under no circumstances may they be discriminated on account of their sex.
(2) The law shall regulate a Workers' Statute. (Sec. 35) - Spanish1. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de trabajar y el derecho al trabajo, a la libre elección de profesión u oficio, a la promoción a través del trabajo y a una remuneración suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades y las de su familia, sin que en ningún caso pueda hacerse discriminación por razón de sexo.
2. La ley regulará un estatuto de los trabajadores. (Art. 35)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishFree professional education for the worker is established, imparted by the State or private enterprise, and regulated by law. (Art. 75)
- SpanishEl Estado o la empresa privada impartirán enseñanza profesional gratuita al trabajador. La Ley reglamentará la forma de prestar este servicio. (Art. 75)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Every citizen is entitled to –
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(g) the freedom to engage by himself or in association with others in any lawful occupation, profession, trade, business or enterprise ;
… (Art. 14) - Sinhala(1) සෑම පුරවැසියකුට ම -
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(උ) එකලාව හෝ අන් අය හා සමග යම් නීත්යානුකූල රැකියාවක, වෘත්තියක, කර්මාන්තයක, වෙළඳ ව්යාපාරයක හෝ ව්යවසායක නියුක්ත වීමේ නිදහසට;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the system of establishment of the list of paid and unpaid holidays;
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- the right to work, the syndical right and of social institutions;
… (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- le système d'établissement de la liste des journées fériées, chômées et payées ;
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- le droit du travail, le droit syndical et des institutions sociales ;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) The primary functions of the Commission are—
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(d) to promote equal employment opportunities (including pay equity); and
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(2) The Commission has, in order to carry out its primary functions under subsection (1), the following functions:
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(n) to exercise the following functions in relation to equal employment opportunities:
(i) to evaluate, through the use of benchmarks developed by the Commission, the roles that legislation, guidelines, and voluntary codes of practice play in facilitating and promoting best practice in equal employment opportunities:
(ii) to lead the development of guidelines and voluntary codes of practice to facilitate and promote best practice in equal employment opportunities (including codes that identify related rights and obligations in legislation) in accordance with paragraph (e):
(iii) to monitor and analyse progress in improving equal employment opportunities in New Zealand and to report to the Minister on the results of that monitoring and analysis
(iv) to liaise with, and complement the work of, any trust or body that has as one of its purposes the promotion of equal employment opportunities:
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 5)