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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll persons have the right and duty to work. The State guarantees the adoption of the necessary measures so that every person shall be able to obtain productive work providing him or her with a dignified and decorous living and guarantee him or her the full exercise of this right. It is an objective of the State to promote employment. Measures tending to guarantee the exercise of the labor rights of self employed persons shall be adopted by law. Freedom to work shall be subject only to such restrictions as may be established by law.
Every employer shall guarantee employees adequate safety, hygienic and environmental conditions on the job. The State shall adopt measures and create institutions such as to make it possible to control and promote these conditions. (Art. 87) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho al trabajo y el deber de trabajar. El Estado garantizará la adopción de las medidas necesarias a los fines de que toda persona pueda obtener ocupación productiva, que le proporcione una existencia digna y decorosa y le garantice el pleno ejercicio de este derecho. Es fin del Estado fomentar el empleo. La ley adoptará medidas tendentes a garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos laborales de los trabajadores y trabajadoras no dependientes. La libertad de trabajo no será sometida a otras restricciones que las que la ley establezca.
Todo patrono o patrona garantizará a sus trabajadores y trabajadoras condiciones de seguridad, higiene y ambiente de trabajo adecuados. El Estado adoptará medidas y creará instituciones que permitan el control y la promoción de estas condiciones. (Art. 87)
Employment Rights and Protection
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21. Employment -
… (Ninth Schedule, List III: Concurrent List) - Sinhala...
21. සේවා නියුක්තිය -
… (නව වෙනි උපලේඛනය, III වෙනි ලැයිස්තුව: සමගාමී ලැයිස්තුව)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Nothing in section 22 shall prevent different treatment based on sex or age where, for reasons of authenticity, being of a particular sex or age is a genuine occupational qualification for the position or employment.
(2) Nothing in section 22 shall prevent different treatment based on sex, religious or ethical belief, disability, age, political opinion, or sexual orientation where the position is one of domestic employment in a private household.
(3) Nothing in section 22 shall prevent different treatment based on sex where—
(a) the position needs to be held by one sex to preserve reasonable standards of privacy; or
(b) the nature or location of the employment makes it impracticable for the employee to live elsewhere than in premises provided by the employer, and—
(i) the only premises available (being premises in which more than 1 employee is required to sleep) are not equipped with separate sleeping accommodation for each sex; and
(ii) it is not reasonable to expect the employer to equip those premises with separate accommodation, or to provide separate premises, for each sex.
(4) Nothing in section 22 shall prevent different treatment based on sex, race, ethnic or national origins, or sexual orientation where the position is that of a counsellor on highly personal matters such as sexual matters or the prevention of violence.
(5) Where, as a term or condition of employment, a position ordinarily obliges or qualifies the holder of that position to live in premises provided by the employer, the employer does not commit a breach of section 22 by omitting to apply that term or condition in respect of employees of a particular sex or marital status if in all the circumstances it is not reasonably practicable for the employer to do so. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishIt is the obligation of the State and of employers to offer professional and technical training to those who require it. The State must promote the job placement of the persons of working age and guarantee to the handicapped the right to a job in accordance with their health conditions. (Art. 54)
- SpanishEs obligación del Estado y de los empleadores ofrecer formación y habilitación profesional y técnica a quienes lo requieran. El Estado debe propiciar la ubicación laboral de las personas en edad de trabajar y garantizar a los minusválidos el derecho a un trabajo acorde con sus condiciones de salud. (Art. 54)
Employment Rights and Protection
- Englisha. Work is the duty of every citizen, is required by personal dignity and is dictated by the public good. Every citizen has the right to work and to choose the type of work within the bounds of public order and decency.
b. The State guarantees the provision of job opportunities for its citizens and the fairness of work conditions.
c. Compulsory work cannot be imposed on any person except in the cases specified by law for national exigency and for a fair consideration, or pursuant to a judicial ruling.
d. The law regulates the relationship between employees and employers on economic basis while observing social justice. (Art. 13) - Arabicأ - العمل واجب على كل مواطن، تـقـتضيه الكرامة ويستوجبه الخير العام، ولكل مواطن الحق في العمل وفي اختيار نوعه وفقا للنظام العام والآداب.
ب - تكفل الدولة توفير فرص العمل للمواطنين وعدالة شروطه.
ج - لا يجوز فرض عمل إجباري على أحد إلا في الأحوال التي يعينها القانون لضرورة قومية وبمقابل عادل، أو تـنفيذا لحكم قضائي.
د - ينظم القانون، على أسس اقـتصادية مع مراعاة قواعد العدالة الاجتماعية، العلاقة بين العمال وأصحاب الأعمال. (المادّة 13)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to freely use his/her abilities and property for entrepreneurial and other economic activity that is not prohibited by law. (Art. 47)
- RussianКаждый человек имеет право на свободное использование своих способностей и имущества для предпринимательской и иной экономической деятельности, не запрещённой законом. (Статья 47)
- TurkmenHer bir adamyň telekeçilik we kanunda gadagan edilmedik gaýry ykdysady işi üçin öz ukyplaryny we emlägini erkin peýdalanmaga hukugy bardyr. (47-nji madda)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State works to promote parity between men and women in the market of employment.
The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities in the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of enterprises. (Art. 68) - Arabic
تعمل الدولة على ترقية التناصف بين الرجال والنساء في سوق التشغيل.
تشجع الدولة ترقية المرأة في مناصب المسؤولية في الهيئات والإدارات العمومية وعلى مستوى المؤسسات. (المــادة 68) - French
L'Etat œuvre à promouvoir la parité entre les hommes et les femmes sur le marché de l'emploi.
L'Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu'au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 68)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll people have the right for their work to be remunerated according to its quality and quantity, which expresses the socialist principle of distribution: "from each according to their ability, to each according to their labor." (Art. 65)
- SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a que su trabajo se remunere en función de la calidad y cantidad, expresión del principio de distribución socialista “de cada cual según su capacidad, a cada cual según su trabajo”. (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll persons have the right to work, to their promotion through work, and to just income which shall guarantee a living befitting human dignity for themselves and their families, as well as to reasonable limitation of the working day, weekly rest and paid vacation. (Art. 29)
- CatalanTota persona té dret al treball, a la promoció per mitjà del treball, a una remuneració que garanteixi al treballador I a la seva família una existència conforme a la dignitat humana, així com a la limitació raonable de la jornada laboral, al repòs setmanal I a les vacances pagades. (Art. 29)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(22) every person shall have the right and the obligation to work;
… (Preamble) - French…
(22) Tout homme a le droit et le devoir de travailler;
… (Préambule)