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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll the inhabitant of the Republic have the right to a legal job, freely chosen and to realize it in dignifying and just conditions.
The law will protect work in all its forms and the rights that it grants to the workers are non-renounceable. (Art. 86) - SpanishTodos los habitantes de la República tienen derecho a un trabajo lícito, libremente escogido y a realizarse en condiciones dignas y justas.
La ley protegerá el trabajo en todas sus formas y los derechos que ella otorga al trabajador son irrenunciables. (Art. 86)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The Republic shall protect labour in all its forms and practices.
It shall provide for the training and professional advancement of workers.
It shall promote and encourage international agreements and organisations which have the aim of establishing and regulating labour rights.
… (Art. 35) - Italian
La Repubblica tutela il lavoro in tutte le sue forme ed applicazioni.
Cura la formazione e l’elevazione professionale dei lavoratori.
Promuove e favorisce gli accordi e le organizzazioni internazionali intesi ad affermare e regolare i diritti del lavoro.
… (Art. 35)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishLaws relating to the following areas are deemed ordinary laws:
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- The fundamental principles of … employment rights, and social security. … (Art. 65) - Arabicتتخذ شكل قوانين عادية النصوص المتعلقة ب:
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- المبادئ الأساسية... لحقّ الشّغل والضّمان الاجتماعي ... (الفصل 65) - FrenchSont pris sous forme de loi ordinaire, les textes relatifs :
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- aux principes fondamentaux ... du droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale.
... (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The law grants the worker adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal. (Art. 27)
- Spanish
La ley otorga al trabajador adecuada protección contra el despido arbitrario. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
(2) Every citizen shall have the right to work and to earn a humane livelihood.
… (Art. 27) - Indonesian…
(2) Tiap-tiap warga negara berhak atas pekerjaan dan penghidupan yang layak bagi kemanusiaan.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall promote the equal right of men and women to enjoy all economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and for this purpose shall take appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination between the sexes by any person, organisation or enterprise; the State shall in particular aim at ensuring that women workers enjoy equal rights and the same wages for the same work as men. (Art. 14)
- MalteseL-Istat għandu jippromwovi dritt ugwali ta’ rġiel u nisa li jgawdu d-drittijiet ekonomiċi, soċjali, kulturali, ċivili u politiċi kollha u għal dan il-għan għandu jieħu dawk il-miżuri li jkunu ndikati biex jelimina kull forma ta’ diskriminazzjoni bejn is-sessi, minn kull persuna, organizzazzjoni jew azjenda; l-Istat għandu b’mod partikolari jimmira li jiżgura li l-ħaddiema nisa jgawdu drittijiet indaqs u l-istess pagi għall-istess xogħol bħal irġiel. (Art. 14)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. Every person has the following rights:
1. To dignified work, with industrial and occupational health and safety, without discrimination, and with a fair, equitable and satisfactory remuneration or salary that assures a dignified existence for the worker and his or her family.
2. To a stable source of work under equitable and satisfactory conditions.
II. The State shall protect the exercise of work in all its forms.
III. All forms of forced work or other analogous exploitation that obligates a person to work without his or her consent and without fair remuneration is prohibited. (Art. 46) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho:
1. Al trabajo digno, con seguridad industrial, higiene y salud ocupacional, sin discriminación, y con remuneración o salario justo, equitativo y satisfactorio, que le asegure para sí y su familia una existencia digna.
2. A una fuente laboral estable, en condiciones equitativas y satisfactorias.
II. El Estado protegerá el ejercicio del trabajo en todas sus formas.
III. Se prohíbe toda forma de trabajo forzoso u otro modo análogo de explotación que obligue a una persona a realizar labores sin su consentimiento y justa retribución. (Art. 46)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago—
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(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. A citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be guaranteed a minimum wage and pension, and guaranteed social security in old age, in case of disease, disability or loss of the main income-provider and other legal grounds.
… (Art. 28) - Kazak1. Қазақстан Республикасының азаматы жасына келген, науқастанған, мүгедек болған, асыраушысынан айырылған жағдайда және өзге де заңды негiздерде оған ең төменгi жалақы мен зейнетақының мөлшерiнде әлеуметтiк қамсыздандырылуына кепiлдiк берiледi.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to safe and hygienic conditions of work. The methods of implementing this right and the obligations of employers shall be specified by statute.
2. An employee shall have the right to statutorily specified days free from work as well as annual paid holidays; the maximum permissible hours of work shall be specified by statute. (Art. 66) - Polish1. Każdy ma prawo do bezpiecznych i higienicznych warunków pracy. Sposób realizacji tego prawa oraz obowiązki pracodawcy określa ustawa.
2. Pracownik ma prawo do określonych w ustawie dni wolnych od pracy i corocznych płatnych urlopów; maksymalne normy czasu pracy określa ustawa. (Art. 66)