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Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Everyone has the right to choose a profession or type of work freely, subject to the legal restrictions that are imposed in the collective interest or the restrictions that are inherent in a person's own capabilities.
… (Art. 47) - Portuguese1. Todos têm o direito de escolher livremente a profissão ou o género de trabalho, salvas as restrições legais impostas pelo interesse colectivo ou inerentes à sua própria capacidade.
... (Art. 47)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State recognizes to all citizens the right to work and strives to create the conditions that make the enjoyment of this right effective, and that guarantee to the worker just compensation [rétribution] for his services or for his production.
No one may be the victim of discrimination within the framework [cadre] of his work. (Art. 33) - FrenchL'Etat reconnaît à tous les citoyens le droit au travail et s'efforce de créer les conditions qui rendent effective la jouissance de ce droit et qui garantissent au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production.
Nul ne peut être victime de discrimination dans le cadre de son travail. (Art. 33)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishNo person may be prevented from engaging in the profession, industry or commerce or work of their choice, if it is licit.
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No one may be obligated to render personal services [trabajos] without just remuneration and without their full consent, which will conform [ajustará] to that provided in fractions I and II of Article 123[,] except the labor [trabajo] imposed as a penalty by the judicial authority.
... (Art. 5) - SpanishA ninguna persona podrá impedirse que se dedique a la profesión, industria, comercio o trabajo que le acomode, siendo lícitos.
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Nadie podrá ser obligado a prestar trabajos personales sin la justa retribución y sin su pleno consentimiento, salvo el trabajo impuesto como pena por la autoridad judicial, el cual se ajustará a lo dispuesto en las fracciones I y II del artículo 123.
... (Art. 5)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
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4/ the right to free choice of employment, to be provided with favorable conditions of work, to receive a remuneration, to rest and to conduct private enterprise.
… (Art. 16) - Mongolian
Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
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4) ажил мэргэжлээ чөлөөтэй сонгох, хөдөлмөрийн аятай нөхцөлөөр хангуулах, цалин хөлс авах, амрах, хувийн аж ахуй эрхлэх эрхтэй.
… (Арван зургадугаар зүйл)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have equal legal status on the market.
… (Art 84) - Serbian CyrillicСви имају једнак правни положај на тржишту.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishIt shall be the duty of every citizen of Seychelles-
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(d) to work conscientiously in a chosen profession, occupation or trade;
… (Art. 40)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishFree professional education for the worker is established, imparted by the State or private enterprise, and regulated by law. (Art. 75)
- SpanishEl Estado o la empresa privada impartirán enseñanza profesional gratuita al trabajador. La Ley reglamentará la forma de prestar este servicio. (Art. 75)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Every citizen shall have the right to work, which is a duty and honor. The Palestinian National Authority shall strive to provide work for any individual capable of performing it.
2. Work relations shall be organized in a manner that guarantees justice to all and provides workers with welfare, security, and health and social benefits.
… (Art. 25) - Arabic1- العمل حق لكل مواطن وهو واجب وشرف وتسعى السلطة الوطنية إلى توفيره لكل قادر عليه.
2- تنظم علاقات العمل بما يكفل العدالة للجميع ويوفر للعمال الرعاية والأمن والرعاية الصحية والاجتماعية.
... (المادّة 25)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1 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) - French1 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) - German1 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) - Italian1 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.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the system of establishment of the list of paid and unpaid holidays;
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- the right to work, the syndical right and of social institutions;
… (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- le système d'établissement de la liste des journées fériées, chômées et payées ;
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- le droit du travail, le droit syndical et des institutions sociales ;
... (Art. 84)