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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Everyone shall have the right to rest and leisure time.
Citizens working on hire shall have the right to rest and leisure time by establishing the length of working hours, days off and non-working holidays, paid annual leave. (Art. 45)3 - Uzbek
Har kim dam olish huquqiga ega.
Yollanib ishlovchilarga dam olish huquqi ish vaqtining davomiyligini, dam olish va ishlanmaydigan bayram kunlarini, haq to‘lanadigan har yilgi mehnat ta’tilini belgilash orqali ta’minlanadi.
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Employment Rights and Protection
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(3) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that –
(a) all citizens, without discrimination on any group whatsoever, have the opportunity for securing adequate means of livelihood as well as adequate opportunity to secure suitable employment;
(b) conditions of work are just and humane, and that there are adequate facilities for leisure and for social, religious and cultural life;
(c) the health, safety and welfare of all persons in employment are safeguarded and not endangered or abused;
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(e) there is equal pay for equal work without discrimination on account of sex, or on any other ground whatsoever;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
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The woman will have special protection during pregnancy and will enjoy leave [licencia] with paid remuneration and adequate benefits of social security.
No one may deny employment to women for reasons of pregnancy, nor dismiss them during it or the post-natal period; all in accordance with the law (Art. 74) - Spanish
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La mujer tendrá protección especial durante el embarazo y gozará de licencia con remuneración salarial y prestaciones adecuadas de seguridad social.
Nadie podrá negar empleo a las mujeres aduciendo razones de embarazo ni despedirlas durante éste o en el período postnatal; todo de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 74)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
1. Everyone has the right to earn the means of living by lawful work, chosen or accepted by himself/herself. He/she is free to choose his/her profession, place of work, as well as his/her own system of professional qualification.
2. Employees have the right to social insurance of work. (Art. 49) - Albanian
1. Secili ka të drejtë të fitojë mjetet e jetesës së tij me punë të ligjshme, që e ka zgjedhur ose pranuar vetë. Ai është i lirë të zgjedhë profesionin, vendin e punës, si dhe sistemin e kualifikimit të vet profesional.
2. Të punësuarit kanë të drejtën e mbrojtjes shoqërore të punës. (Neni 49)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. All citizens shall have the right to work, and the public authorities shall be responsible for creating the conditions necessary for the effective realization of such right.
… (Art. 61) - Portuguese1. Todos os cidadãos têm direito ao trabalho, incumbindo aos poderes públicos promover as condições para o seu exercício efectivo.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. (Art. 23)
- SomaliMuwaaddin kasta wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in uu si xor ah u doorto xirfadda, shaqada ama mihnadda uu rabo. (Qodobka 23aad.)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies that tend to the full employment and to the professional training of human resources, giving preference to national workers. (Art. 87)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tiendas al pleno empleo y a la formación profesional de recursos humanos, dando preferencia al trabajador nacional. (Art. 87)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEach employee shall be entitled to remuneration enabling him/her to ensure a free and decent life for himself/herself and his/her family.
Maximum working hours shall be regulated by law.
Each employee shall be entitled to a weekly rest period and paid annual leave, and may not waive these rights.
Employees may, in accordance with law, participate in decision-making in their places of employment. (Art. 55) - CroatianSvaki zaposleni ima pravo na zaradu kojom može osigurati sebi i obitelji slobodan i dostojan život.
Najduže radno vrijeme određuje se zakonom.
Svaki zaposleni ima pravo na tjedni odmor i plaćeni godišnji odmor i ovih se prava ne može odreći.
Zaposleni mogu imati, u skladu sa zakonom, udjela pri odlučivanju u poduzeću. (Članak 55)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person has the right, within the respect for the law, to engage in activity [entreprendre] in the sectors of his choice. (Art. 48)
- FrenchToute personne a le droit, dans le respect de la loi, d’entreprendre dans les secteurs de son choix. (Art. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall endeavour to fulfil the fundamental rights of all Ugandans to social justice and economic development and shall, in particular, ensure that-
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b. all Ugandans enjoy rights and opportunities and access to … work, ... (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XIV)