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Employment Rights and Protection

Switzerland
  • English
    1 The Confederation may legislate on:
    a. employee protection;
    b. relations between employer and employee, and in particular on common regulations on operational and professional matters;
    c. recruitment services;
    d. the declaration of collective employment agreements to be generally applicable.
    2 Collective employment agreements may be declared generally applicable only if they take appropriate account of the justified interests of minorities and regional particularities, and they respect the principle of equality before the law and the right to form professional associations.
    … (Art. 110)
  • French
    1 La Confédération peut légiférer:
    a. sur la protection des travailleurs;
    b. sur les rapports entre employeurs et travailleurs, notamment la réglementation en commun des questions intéressant l’entreprise et le domaine professionnel; c. sur le service de placement;
    d. sur l’extension du champ d’application des conventions collectives de travail.
    2 Le champ d’application d’une convention collective de travail ne peut être étendu que si cette convention tient compte équitablement des intérêts légitimes des minorités et des particularités régionales et qu’elle respecte le principe de l’égalité devant la loi et la liberté syndicale.
    … (Art. 110)
  • German
    1 Der Bund kann Vorschriften erlassen über:
    a. den Schutz der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer;
    b. das Verhältnis zwischen Arbeitgeber- und Arbeitnehmerseite, insbesondere über die gemeinsame Regelung betrieblicher und beruflicher Angelegenheiten;
    c. die Arbeitsvermittlung;
    d. die Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung von Gesamtarbeitsverträgen.
    2 Gesamtarbeitsverträge dürfen nur allgemeinverbindlich erklärt werden, wenn sie begründeten Minderheitsinteressen und regionalen Verschiedenheiten angemessen Rechnung tragen und die Rechtsgleichheit sowie die Koalitionsfreiheit nicht beeinträchtigen.
    … (Art. 110)
  • Italian
    1 La Confederazione può emanare prescrizioni su:
    a. la protezione dei lavoratori e delle lavoratrici;
    b. i rapporti tra i datori di lavoro e i lavoratori e le lavoratrici, in particolare la regolamentazione in comune di questioni aziendali e professionali;
    c. il servizio di collocamento;
    d. il conferimento dell’obbligatorietà generale a contratti collettivi di lavoro.
    2 I contratti collettivi di lavoro possono essere dichiarati di obbligatorietà generale soltanto se tengono conto adeguatamente di legittimi interessi minoritari e delle diversità regionali e non pregiudicano né l’uguaglianza giuridica né la libertà sindacale.
    … (Art. 110)

Employment Rights and Protection

Brazil
  • English

    Social assistance shall be rendered to whomever may need it, regardless of contribution to social welfare and shall have as objectives:
    ...
    III – the promotion of the integration into the labour market;
    ... (Art. 203)

  • Portuguese

    A assistência social será prestada a quem dela necessitar, independentemente de contribuição à seguridade social, e tem por objetivos:
    …
    III - a promoção da integração ao mercado de trabalho;
    … (Art. 203)

Employment Rights and Protection

Afghanistan
  • English
    … The citizens of Afghanistan shall be recruited by the state on the basis of ability, without any discrimination, according to the provisions of the law. (Art. 50)
  • Dari
    ... اتباع افغانستان بر اساس اهلیت و بدون هیچگونه تبعیض و به موجب احكام قانون به خدمت دولت پذیرفته می شوند. (مادۀ ۵۰)
  • Pashto
    د افغانستان اتباع د اهليت له مخې او له هر ډول توپير څخه پرته د قانون له حكمونو سره سم د دولت خدمت ته منل كيږي. (۵۰ ماده)

Employment Rights and Protection

Thailand
  • English
    The State should promote abilities of the people to engage in work which is appropriate to their potentials and ages, and ensure that they have work to engage in. The State should protect labour to ensure safety and vocational hygiene, and receive income, welfare, social security and other benefits which are suitable for their living, and should provide for or promote savings for living after their working age. ... (Sec. 74)
  • Thai
    รัฐพึงส่งเสริมให้ประชาชนมีความสามารถในการทํางานอย่างเหมาะสมกับศักยภาพและวัย และให้มีงานทํา และพึงคุ้มครองผู้ใช้แรงงานให้ได้รับความปลอดภัยและมีสุขอนามัยที่ดีในการทํางาน มี รายได้ สวัสดิการ การประกันสังคม และสิทธิประโยชน์อื่นที่เหมาะสมแก่การดํารงชีพ และพึงจัดให้มีหรือส่งเสริมการออมเพื่อการดํารงชีพเมื่อพ้นวัยทํางาน ... (มาตรา ๗๔)

Employment Rights and Protection

New Zealand
  • English
    For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that preferential treatment granted by reason of—
    (a) a woman’s pregnancy or childbirth; or
    (b) a person’s responsibility for part-time care or full-time care of children or other dependants— shall not constitute a breach of this Part. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 74)

Employment Rights and Protection

Costa Rica
  • English
    The State will see to the technical and cultural preparation of the workers. (Art. 67)
  • Spanish
    El Estado velará por la preparación técnica y cultural de los trabajadores. (Art. 67)

Employment Rights and Protection

China
  • English
    The state prescribes by law the system of retirement for workers and staff in enterprises and undertakings and for functionaries of organs of state. The livelihood of retired personnel is ensured by the state and society. (Art. 44)
  • Chinese
    国家依照法律规定实行企业事业组织的职工和国家机关工作人员的退休制度。退休人员的生活受到国家和社会的保障。(第四十四条)

Employment Rights and Protection

Cambodia
  • English
    Khmer citizens of both sexes have the right to choose any employment according to their ability and to the needs of the society.
    Khmer citizens of both sexes shall receive equal pay for equal work.
    The work of housewife at home shall have equal value as the remunerated work done outside the home.
    Khmer citizens of both sexes shall have the right to enjoy social security and other social benefits as determined by law.
    … (Art. 36)
  • Khmer
    ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិជ្រើសរើសមុខរបរ សមស្របតាមសមត្ថភាពរបស់ខ្លួន តាមសេចក្តីត្រូវការរបស់សង្គម។
    ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិទទួលប្រាក់បំណាច់ ស្មើគ្នាចំពោះការងារដូចគ្នា។
    ការងារមេផ្ទះមានតម្លៃស្មើគ្នានឹងកម្រៃដែលបានមកពីការងារធ្វើនៅក្រៅផ្ទះ។
    ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិទទួលការធានារ៉ាប់រងសង្គម និងអត្ថប្រយោជន៍ខាងសង្គមកិច្ច ដែលមានចែងក្នុងច្បាប់។
    ... (មាត្រា ៣៦)

Employment Rights and Protection

Uzbekistan
  • English

    Everyone shall have the right to decent work, to free choice of profession and occupation, favorable working conditions that meet the requirements of safety and hygiene, to fair remuneration for work without any discrimination and not below the established minimum wage, as well as the right to unemployment protection in the manner prescribed by law.
    The minimum wage shall be determined taking into account the need to ensure a decent standard of living for a person.
    It shall be prohibited to refuse to hire women, dismiss them from work and reduce their wages on the basis of pregnancy or having a child. (Art. 42)

  • Uzbek

    Har kim munosib mehnat qilish, kasb va faoliyat turini erkin tanlash, xavfsizlik va gigiyena talablariga javob beradigan qulay mehnat sharoitlarida ishlash, mehnati uchun hech qanday kamsitishlarsiz hamda mehnatga haq to‘lashning belgilangan eng kam miqdoridan kam bo‘lmagan tarzda adolatli haq olish, shuningdek ishsizlikdan qonunda belgilangan tartibda himoyalanish huquqiga ega.
    Mehnatga haq to‘lashning eng kam miqdori insonning munosib turmush darajasini ta’minlash zarurati hisobga olingan holda belgilanadi.
    Homiladorligi yoki bolasi borligi sababli ayollarni ishga qabul qilishni rad etish, ishdan bo‘shatish va ularning ish haqini kamaytirish taqiqlanadi. (42-modda)

Employment Rights and Protection

Burkina Faso
  • English

    The right to work is recognized and is equal for all.
    It is prohibited to discriminate in matters of employment and of remuneration founded notably on sex, color, social origin, ethnicity or political opinion. (Art. 19)

  • French

    Le droit au travail est reconnu et est égal pour tous.
    Il est interdit de faire des discriminations en matière d’emploi et de rémunération en se fondant notamment sur le sexe, la couleur, l’origine sociale, l’ethnie ou l’opinion politique. (Art. 19)