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Employment Rights and Protection
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3 Men and women have equal rights. The law shall ensure their equality, both in law and in practice, most particularly in the family, in education, and in the workplace. Men and women have the right to equal pay for work of equal value.
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3 L’homme et la femme sont égaux en droit. La loi pourvoit à l’égalité de droit et de fait, en particulier dans les domaines de la famille, de la formation et du travail. L’homme et la femme ont droit à un salaire égal pour un travail de valeur égale.
… (Art. 8) - German…
3 Mann und Frau sind gleichberechtigt. Das Gesetz sorgt für ihre rechtliche und tatsächliche Gleichstellung, vor allem in Familie, Ausbildung und Arbeit. Mann und Frau haben Anspruch auf gleichen Lohn für gleichwertige Arbeit.
… (Art. 8) - Italian...
3 Uomo e donna hanno uguali diritti. La legge ne assicura l’uguaglianza, di diritto e di fatto, in particolare per quanto concerne la famiglia, l’istruzione e il lavoro. Uomo e donna hanno diritto a un salario uguale per un lavoro di uguale valore.
… (Art. 8)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishLaws relating to the following areas are deemed ordinary laws:
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- The fundamental principles of … employment rights, and social security. … (Art. 65) - Arabicتتخذ شكل قوانين عادية النصوص المتعلقة ب:
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- المبادئ الأساسية... لحقّ الشّغل والضّمان الاجتماعي ... (الفصل 65) - FrenchSont pris sous forme de loi ordinaire, les textes relatifs :
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- aux principes fondamentaux ... du droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale.
... (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The law grants the worker adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal. (Art. 27)
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La ley otorga al trabajador adecuada protección contra el despido arbitrario. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to work, to choose the profession, job, work protection and social protection during the unemployment. Wages for work shall not be less than the minimum wage.
Any limitation shall be prohibited in labor relations. Equal wages shall be paid for the same work.
Forced labor shall not be permitted, except in cases defined by law.
Using women and children labor shall be prohibited in heavy and underground works and in harmful conditions. (Art. 35) - RussianКаждый имеет право на труд, выбор профессии, работы, охрану труда и социальную защиту от безработицы. Заработная плата не должна быть ниже минимального размера оплаты труда.
Всякие ограничения в трудовых отношениях запрещаются. За равный труд выдается равная оплата.
Никто не может быть привлечен к принудительному труду за исключением случаев, определенных законом.
Использование труда женщин и несовершеннолетних на тяжелых и подземных работах, а также на работах с вредными условиями труда запрещается. (Статья 35) - TajikҲар кас ба меҳнат, интихоби касбу кор, ҳифзи меҳнат ва ҳимояи иҷтимоӣ ҳангоми бекорӣ ҳақ дорад. Музди кор аз ҳадди ақали музди меҳнат набояд кам бошад.
Дар муносибатҳои меҳнатӣ ҳама гуна маҳдудият манъ аст. Барои иҷрои кори якхела музди баробар дода мешавад.
Ҳеҷ кас ба меҳнати маҷбурӣ ҷалб карда намешавад, ба истиснои мавридҳое, ки қонун муайян кардааст....
Дар корҳои вазнин, зеризаминӣ ва шароити меҳнаташон зарарнок истифодаи меҳнати занон ва ноболиғон манъ аст. (Моддаи 35)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) It is unlawful for a person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (2)) to treat adversely any other person, or to make an implied or overt threat to treat adversely any other person, on the ground that the other person is, or is suspected or assumed or believed to be, a person affected by domestic violence.
(2) The areas to which subsection (1) applies are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work.
(3) In this section, an employer treats adversely an employee if the employer—
(a) dismisses that employee, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be dismissed or subjected to such detriment; or
(b) refuses or omits to offer or afford to that employee the same terms of employment, conditions of work, fringe benefits, or opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer as are made available for other employees of the same or substantially the same qualifications, experience, or skills employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances; or
(c) subjects that employee to any detriment, in circumstances in which other employees employed by that employer on work of that description are not or would not be subjected to such detriment; or
(d) retires that employee, or requires or causes that employee to retire or resign.
(4) For the purposes of this section,— child has the meaning given to it in section 8 of the Family Violence Act 2018
family violence has the meaning given to it in section 9 the Family Violence Act 2018, person affected by family violence means a person who is 1 or both of the following:
(a) a person against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence:
(b) a person with whom there ordinarily or periodically resides a child against whom any other person is inflicting, or has inflicted, family violence.
(5) Subsection (1) applies regardless of how long ago the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred, and even if the family violence occurred or is suspected or assumed or believed to have occurred before the person became an employee. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62A)5
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. Every person has the following rights:
1. To dignified work, with industrial and occupational health and safety, without discrimination, and with a fair, equitable and satisfactory remuneration or salary that assures a dignified existence for the worker and his or her family.
2. To a stable source of work under equitable and satisfactory conditions.
II. The State shall protect the exercise of work in all its forms.
III. All forms of forced work or other analogous exploitation that obligates a person to work without his or her consent and without fair remuneration is prohibited. (Art. 46) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho:
1. Al trabajo digno, con seguridad industrial, higiene y salud ocupacional, sin discriminación, y con remuneración o salario justo, equitativo y satisfactorio, que le asegure para sí y su familia una existencia digna.
2. A una fuente laboral estable, en condiciones equitativas y satisfactorias.
II. El Estado protegerá el ejercicio del trabajo en todas sus formas.
III. Se prohíbe toda forma de trabajo forzoso u otro modo análogo de explotación que obligue a una persona a realizar labores sin su consentimiento y justa retribución. (Art. 46)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago—
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(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe community shall esteem work as a cornerstone of its development. The community shall provide jobs to the citizens, qualify them for those jobs, and create the suitable conditions for service by enacting legislation protecting the rights of the employees and the interests of the employers in the light of the advanced international labor legislation. (Art. 20)
- Arabicيقدر المجتمع العمل كركن أساسي من أركان تقدمه، ويعمل على توفيره للمواطنين وتأهيلهم له، ويهيئ الظروف الملائمة لذلك بما يضعه من تشريعات تصون حقوق العمال ومصالح أرباب العمل، على ضوء التشريعات العمالية. (المادّة 20)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The State recognizes to all citizens the right to work and strives to create the conditions that render the enjoyment of this right effective[,] and guarantees to the worker fair compensation for his services or for his production. (Art. 30)
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L'Etat reconnaît à tous les citoyens le droit au travail et s'efforce de créer les conditions qui rendent la jouissance de ce droit effective et garantissent au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production. (Art. 30)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishUntil such time as the complementary law referred to in art. 7, I, of this Constitution is enacted:
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II. arbitrary dismissal or dismissal without just cause is prohibited:
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b. for a pregnant employee, from the date the pregnancy is confirmed until five months after birth.
§1°. Until the law regulates the provisions of art. 7, XIX, of the Constitution, the period of paternity leave referred to in the subparagraph shall be five days.
… (Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act 1988, Art. 10) - PortugueseAté que seja promulgada a lei complementar a que se refere o art. 7º, I, da Constituição:
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II – fica vedada a dispensa arbitrária ou sem justa causa:
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b) da empregada gestante, desde a confirmação da gravidez até cinco meses após o parto.
§ 1º Até que a lei venha a disciplinar o disposto no art. 7º, XIX, da Constituição, o prazo da licençapaternidade a que se refere o inciso é de cinco dias.
… (Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias 1988, Art. 10)