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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishSocial insurance of the employed shall be mandatory.
… (Art. 67) - MontenegrinSocijalno osiguranje zaposlenih je obavezno.
… (Član 67)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person has the right to a decent existence and to social security. A law shall provide for the protection of the workers, assistance to the poor and for a system of social insurance. (Art. 9)
- GreekΈκαστος έχει το δικαίωμα αξιοπρεπούς διαβιώσεως και κοινωνικής ασφαλείας. Ο νόμος θα προβλέψη περί προστασίας των εργατών, αρωγής προς τους πτωχούς και συστήματος κοινωνικών ασφαλίσεων. (Αρθρον 9)
- TurkishHer şahıs, insanca bir hayat ve sosyal güvenlik hakkına sahiptir. İşçilerin korunması, fakirlere yardım ve sosyal sigorta sistemi bir kanunla düzenlenir. (Madde 9)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Work alone creates the material wealth in society, and is the source of the well-being of the people and the measure of human dignity.
Accordingly, every person has the duty to –
(a) participate responsibly and honestly in lawful and productive work;
... (Art. 25)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Work, in its diverse modalities, is [an] object of priority attention of the State, which especially protects the mother, the minor and the disabled who work.
The State promotes [promueve] conditions for social and economic progress, especially through policies of promotion [fomento] of productive employment and of education for work.
No labor relation may limit the exercise of the constitutional rights, nor disregard or disrespect [rebajar] the dignity of the worker.
No one is obligated to take work without payment or without his free consent. (Art. 23) - Spanish
El trabajo, en sus diversas modalidades, es objeto de atención prioritaria del Estado, el cual protege especialmente a la madre, al menor de edad y al impedido que trabajan.
El Estado promueve condiciones para el progreso social y económico, en especial mediante políticas de fomento del empleo productivo y de educación para el trabajo.
Ninguna relación laboral puede limitar el ejercicio de los derechos constitucionales, ni desconocer o rebajar la dignidad del trabajador.
Nadie está obligado a prestar trabajo sin retribución o sin su libre consentimiento. (Art. 23)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery Kuwaiti shall have the right to work and to choose the nature of his occupation.
Work is the duty of every citizen. Dignity requires it and the public welfare ordains it. The State shall make work available to citizens and shall see to the equity of its conditions. (Art. 41) - Arabicلكل كويتي الحق في العمل وفي اختيار نوعه.
والعمل واجب على كل مواطن تقتضيه الكرامة ويستوجبه الخير العام، وتقوم الدولة على توفيره للمواطنين وعلى عدالة شروطه. (المادّة 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) The right to work shall not be restricted. Everyone has a free choice of his/her profession, trade or occupation, as well as work place.
(2) All employees have the right to measures of social protection. These concern employees' safety and health, working conditions for women and young people, the setting up of a minimum gross salary per economy, weekends, paid rest leave, work performed under difficult and special conditions, as well as other specific conditions, as stipulated by the law.
(3) The normal duration of a working day is of maximum eight hours, on the average.
(4) On equal work with men, women shall get equal wages.
… (Art. 41) - Romanian(1) Dreptul la muncă nu poate fi îngrădit. Alegerea profesiei, a meseriei sau a ocupaţiei, precum şi a locului de muncă este liberă.
(2) Salariaţii au dreptul la măsuri de protecţie socială. Acestea privesc securitatea şi sănătatea salariaţilor, regimul de muncă al femeilor si al tinerilor, instituirea unui salariu minim brut pe ţară, repausul săptămânal, concediul de odihnă plătit, prestarea muncii în condiţii deosebite sau speciale, formarea profesională, precum şi alte situaţii specifice, stabilite prin lege.
(3) Durata normală a zilei de lucru este, în medie, de cel mult 8 ore.
(4) La muncă egală, femeile au salariu egal cu bărbaţii.
... (Art. 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Subject to the provision of paragraph (4), (5) and (9) of this Article no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different person attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin political opinions colour or creed whereby person of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which person of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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b. with respect to the entry into or exclusion from, or the employment, engaging in any business or profession, movement of residence within, The Bahamas of persons who are not citizens of The Bahamas;
… (Art. 26)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. It shall be the duty of the State to guarantee the right to work, as much as possible by:
a. Following a planned policy, aimed at full employment;
b. Forbidding the discharge without sufficient cause or for political or ideological reasons;
c. Guaranteeing equal opportunity in the choice of profession and type of work and forbidding that access to any function or profession by prevented or limited on grounds of sex;
d. Promoting professional training for employees.
2. The State shall take care of the creation of conditions for the optimal promotion of initiatives for economic production. (Art. 27) - Dutch1. Het is de plicht van de Staat om het recht op werk zoveel mogelijk te waarborgen door:
a. een planmatige beleid te voeren, gericht op volledige werkgelegenheid;
b. ontslag zonder gegronde redenen of om politieke of ideologische gronden te verbieden;
c. gelijkheid van kansen bij de keuze van beroep en soort werk te garanderen, alsmede te verbieden dat toegang tot enige functie of beroep wordt verhinderd of beperkt op grond van iemands geslacht;
d. beroepsopleiding voor werknemers te bevorderen.
2. De Staat draagt zorg voor het scheppen van de omstandigheden voor de optimale bevordering van initiatieven voor de economische produktie. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
(4) No discrimination shall be made on the ground of gender with regard to remuneration and social security for the same work.
… (Art. 18) - Nepali…
(४) समान कामकालागि लैंगिक आधारमा पारिश्रमिक तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षामा कुनै भेदभाव गरिने छैन ।
... (धारा १८)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishFreedom of work shall be guaranteed.
Everyone shall choose his employment freely.
Everyone shall have access under equal conditions to any position of employment.
Forced labour shall be prohibited. (Art. 49) - SloveneZagotovljena je svoboda dela.
Vsakdo prosto izbira zaposlitev.
Vsakomur je pod enakimi pogoji dostopno vsako delovno mesto.
Prisilno delo je prepovedano. (49. Člen)