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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) Every labourer shall have the right to fair labour practice.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Article, "labourer" means a labourer or worker who does physical or intellectual work for an employer in consideration for remuneration.
(2) Every labourer shall have the right to appropriate remuneration, facilities and contributory social security.
… (Art. 34) - Nepali
(१) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित श्रम अभ्यासको हक हुनेछ ।
स्पष्टीकरणः यस धाराको प्रयोजनकालागि “श्रमिक” भन्नाले पारिश्रमिकलिई रोजगारदाताकालागि शारीरिक वा बौद्धिक कार्य गर्ने कामदार वा मजदूर सम्झनु पर्छ ।
(२) प्रत्येक श्रमिकलाई उचित पारिश्रमिक, सुविधा तथा योगदानमा आधारित सामाजिक सुरक्षाको हक हुनेछ ।
... (धारा ३४)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) All Spaniards have the duty to work and the right to work, to the free choice of profession or trade, to advancement through work, and to a sufficient remuneration for the satisfaction of their needs and those of their families. Under no circumstances may they be discriminated on account of their sex.
(2) The law shall regulate a Workers' Statute. (Sec. 35) - Spanish1. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de trabajar y el derecho al trabajo, a la libre elección de profesión u oficio, a la promoción a través del trabajo y a una remuneración suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades y las de su familia, sin que en ningún caso pueda hacerse discriminación por razón de sexo.
2. La ley regulará un estatuto de los trabajadores. (Art. 35)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) Every person has the right to fair labour relations.
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(5) All workers, particularly women, shall have a special right of protection from sexual abuse, segregation and discrimination in the work place. Every labour law and practice shall comply with gender equality in the work place. (Art. 24) - Somali
(1) Qof kastaa wuxuu xaq u leeyahay inuu helo xiriir shaqo caadil ah.
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(5) Qof kasta oo shaqaale ah gaar ahaan dumarka waxa ay xaq gaar ah u leeyihiin in laga ilaaliyo faraxumeyn, faquuqid iyo takoorid goobaha shaqada. Sharci kasta shaqaale iyo hab dhaqan kasta waa inuu waafaqsanaadaa sinaanshaha jinsiga ee goobaha shaqada. (Qodobka 24aad.)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishNo kind of discrimination will be admitted between the workers for motives of ethnic, gender [sexo], age, religion, social status and political or syndical preferences.
… (Art. 88) - SpanishNo se admitirá discriminación alguna entre los trabajadores por motivos étnicos, de sexo, edad, religión, condición social y preferencias políticas o sindicales.
… (Art. 88)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Every citizen is entitled to –
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(g) the freedom to engage by himself or in association with others in any lawful occupation, profession, trade, business or enterprise ;
… (Art. 14) - Sinhala(1) සෑම පුරවැසියකුට ම -
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(උ) එකලාව හෝ අන් අය හා සමග යම් නීත්යානුකූල රැකියාවක, වෘත්තියක, කර්මාන්තයක, වෙළඳ ව්යාපාරයක හෝ ව්යවසායක නියුක්ත වීමේ නිදහසට;
… (14 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) The primary functions of the Commission are—
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(d) to promote equal employment opportunities (including pay equity); and
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(2) The Commission has, in order to carry out its primary functions under subsection (1), the following functions:
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(n) to exercise the following functions in relation to equal employment opportunities:
(i) to evaluate, through the use of benchmarks developed by the Commission, the roles that legislation, guidelines, and voluntary codes of practice play in facilitating and promoting best practice in equal employment opportunities:
(ii) to lead the development of guidelines and voluntary codes of practice to facilitate and promote best practice in equal employment opportunities (including codes that identify related rights and obligations in legislation) in accordance with paragraph (e):
(iii) to monitor and analyse progress in improving equal employment opportunities in New Zealand and to report to the Minister on the results of that monitoring and analysis
(iv) to liaise with, and complement the work of, any trust or body that has as one of its purposes the promotion of equal employment opportunities:
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 5)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Parliament shall enact laws-
a. to provide for the right of persons to work under satisfactory, safe and healthy conditions;
b. to ensure equal payment for equal work without discrimination;
c. to ensure that every worker is accorded rest and reasonable working hours and periods of holidays with pay, as well as remuneration for public holidays.
2. Every person in Uganda has the right to practise his or her profession and to carry on any lawful occupation, trade or business.
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4. The employer of every woman worker shall accord her protection during pregnancy and after birth, in accordance with the law. (Art. 40)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) The Administration4 shall have exclusive responsibility for the administration within the island of Nevis, in accordance with the provisions of any relevant laws, of the following matters:
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(f) labour;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishNo one shall be required to perform work unsuited to his/her age, sex, and capacity.
Minors, women, and physically and mentally disabled persons, shall enjoy special protection with regard to working conditions.
All workers have the right to rest and leisure.
Rights and conditions relating to paid weekends and holidays, together with paid annual leave, shall be regulated by law. (Art. 50) - TurkishKimse, yaşına, cinsiyetine ve gücüne uymayan işlerde çalıştırılamaz.
Küçükler ve kadınlar ile bedenî ve ruhî yetersizliği olanlar çalışma şartları bakımından özel olarak korunurlar.
Dinlenmek, çalışanların hakkıdır.
Ücretli hafta ve bayram tatili ile ücretli yıllık izin hakları ve şartları kanunla düzenlenir. (Madde 50)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Work is a right and a duty.
All work merits a salary.
The right to protection, to security and to hygiene at work, is guaranteed by the law.
The right to rest is guaranteed; the law determines the modalities of [its] exercise.
The right of the worker to social security is guaranteed by the law.
The employment of children is punished by the law.
The State works for the promotion of apprenticeship and implements policies to help the creation of employments.
The law determines the conditions for requisition of personnel for the needs of general interest. (Art. 66) - Arabic
العمل حق وواجب.
كل عمل يقابله أجر.
يضمن القانون أثناء العمل الحقّ في الحماية، والأمن، والنّظافة.
الحقّ في الرّاحة مضمون، ويحدّد القانون شروط ممارسته.
يضمن القانون حق العامل في الضمان الاجتماعي.
يعاقب القانون على تشغيل الأطفال.
تعمل الدولة على ترقية التمهين وتضع سياسات للمساعدة على استحداث مناصب الشغل.
يحدد القانون شروط تسخير المستخدَمين لأغراض المصلحة العامة. (المــادة 66) - French
Le travail est un droit et un devoir.
Tout travail mérite salaire.
Le droit à la protection, à la sécurité et à l'hygiène dans le travail, est garanti par la loi.
Le droit au repos est garanti ; la loi en détermine les conditions d'exercice.
Le droit du travailleur à la sécurité sociale est garanti par la loi.
L'emploi des enfants est puni par la loi.
L'Etat œuvre à la promotion de l'apprentissage et met en place les politiques d'aide à la création d'emplois.
La loi détermine les conditions de réquisition des personnels pour les besoins d’intérêt général. (Art. 66)