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Employment Rights and Protection
Liberia
- EnglishThe Republic shall direct its policy towards ensuring for all citizens, without discrimination, opportunities for employment and livelihood under just and humane conditions, and towards promoting safety, health and welfare facilities in employment. (Art. 8)
Employment Rights and Protection
Guatemala
- EnglishThe freedom of industry, trade, and work is recognized, except for the limitations that due to social motives or the national interest are imposed by the law. (Art. 43)
- SpanishSe reconoce la libertad de industria, de comercio y de trabajo, salvo las limitaciones que por motivos sociales o de interés nacional impongan las leyes. (Art. 43)
Employment Rights and Protection
France
- English
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Statutes shall also lay down the basic principles of:
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- Employment law,
… (1958 Constitution, Art. 34) - French
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du droit du travail,
… (Constitution 1958, Art. 34)
Employment Rights and Protection
Egypt
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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
Morocco
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law, other than the matters that are expressly devolved on it by other Articles of the Constitution:
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• the relations of work, of social security, work [related] accidents and vocational [professionnelle] [related] illnesses;
… (Art. 71) - Arabicيختصّ القانون، بالإضافة إلى المواد المسندة إليه صراحة بفصول أخرى من الدستور، بالتّشريع في الميادين التّالية:
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• علاقات الشغل، والضمان الاجتماعي، وحوادث الشغل، والأمراض المهنية،
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Employment Rights and Protection
Haiti
- EnglishThe law shall regulate the civil service on the basis of aptitude, merit and conduct. It shall guarantee security of employment. (Art. 236-1)
- FrenchLa loi règlemente la Fonction Publique sur la base de l'aptitude, du mérite et de la discipline. Elle garantit la sécurité de l'emploi. (Art. 236.1)
Employment Rights and Protection
Latvia
- EnglishEveryone has the right to freely choose their employment and workplace according to their abilities and qualifications. Forced labour is prohibited. Participation in the relief of disasters and their effects, and work pursuant to a court order shall not be deemed forced labour. (Art. 106)
- LatvianIkvienam ir tiesības brīvi izvēlēties nodarbošanos un darbavietu atbilstoši savām spējām un kvalifikācijai. Piespiedu darbs ir aizliegts. Par piespiedu darbu netiek uzskatīta iesaistīšana katastrofu un to seku likvidēšanā un nodarbināšana saskaņā ar tiesas nolēmumu. (Art. 106)
Employment Rights and Protection
Sao Tome and Principe
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to work.
2. The duty to engage in work shall be inseparable from the right to work.
3. It shall be incumbent upon the State to ensure equality of opportunity in the choice of profession or type of work and conditions so that access is not blocked or limited as a function of sex, access to any position, work or professional categories.
4. The right to exercise liberal professions shall be guaranteed on the conditions provided for by the law. (Art. 42) - Portuguese1. Todos têm direito ao trabalho.
2. O dever de trabalhar é inseparável do direito ao trabalho.
3. Incumbe ao Estado assegurar a igualdade de oportunidades na escolha da profissão ou género de trabalho e condições para que não seja vedado ou limitado, em função do sexo, o acesso a quaisquer cargos, trabalho ou categorias profissionais.
4. É garantido o direito ao exercício de profissões liberais nas condições previstas na lei. (Art. 42)
Employment Rights and Protection
Panama
- EnglishEvery person is free to exercise any profession or trade, subject to regulations established by law with respect to competence, morality, social welfare and security, professional affiliation, public health, unionization, and compulsory dues.
… (Art. 40) - SpanishToda persona es libre de ejercer cualquier profesión u oficio sujeta a los reglamentos que establezca la Ley en lo relativo a idoneidad, moralidad, previsión y seguridad sociales, colegiación, salud pública, sindicación y cotizaciones obligatorias.
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Employment Rights and Protection
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishThe economy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with its objectives of achieving the economic independence of the society, uprooting poverty and deprivation, and fulfilling human needs in the process of development while preserving human liberty, is based on the following criteria:
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2. ensuring conditions and opportunities of employment for everyone, with a view to attaining full employment; placing the means of work at the disposal of everyone who is able to work but lacks the means, in the form of cooperatives, through granting interest free loans or recourse to any other legitimate means that neither results in the concentration or circulation of wealth in the hands of a few individuals or groups, nor turns the government into a major absolute employer. These steps must be taken with due regard for the requirements governing the general economic planning of the country at each stage of its growth;
3. the plan for the national economy, must be structured in such a manner that the form, content, and hours of work of every individual will allow him sufficient leisure and energy to engage, beyond his professional endeavour, in intellectual, political, and social activities leading to all-round development of his self, to take active part in leading the affairs of the country, improve his skills, and to make full use of his creativity;
4. respect for the right to choose freely one's occupation; refraining from compelling anyone to engage in a particular job; and preventing the exploitation of another's labour;
… (Art. 43) - Persianبرای تأمین استقلال اقتصادی جامعه و ریشهکن کردن فقر و محرومیت و برآوردن نیازهای انسان در جریان رشد، با حفظ آزادگی او، اقتصاد جمهوری اسلامی ایران بر اساس ضوابط زیر استوار میشود:
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2- تأمین شرایط و امکانات کار برای همه به منظور رسیدن به اشتغال کامل و قرار دادن وسایل کار در اختیار همه کسانی که قادر به کارند ولی وسایل کار ندارند، در شکل تعاونی، از راه وام بدون بهره یا هر راه مشروع دیگر که نه به تمرکز و تداول ثروت در دست افراد و گروههای خاص منتهی شود و نه دولت را بهصورت یک کارفرمای بزرگ مطلق درآورد. این اقدام باید با رعایت ضرورتهای حاکم بر برنامهریزی عمومی اقتصاد کشور در هر یک از مراحل رشد صورت گیرد.
3- تنظیم برنامه اقتصادی کشور به صورتی که شکل و محتوا و ساعت کار چنان باشد که هر فرد علاوه بر تلاش شغلی، فرصت و توان کافی برای خودسازی معنوی، سیاسی و اجتماعی و شرکت فعال در رهبری کشور و افزایش مهارت و ابتکار داشته باشد.
4- رعایت آزادی انتخاب شغل، و عدم اجبار افراد به کاری معین و جلوگیری از بهرهکشی از کار دیگری.
… (اصل 43)