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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The Republic shall recognise the right of all citizens to work and shall promote such conditions as shall render this right effective.
… (Art. 4) - Italian
La Repubblica riconosce a tutti i cittadini il diritto al lavoro e promuove le condizioni che rendano effettivo questo diritto.
… (Art. 4)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State recognises the right of every citizen to a decent and dignified existence and with a view to ensuring that its citizens are not left unprovided for by reason of incapacity to work or involuntary unemployment undertakes to maintain a system of social security. (Art. 37)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English...
(23) Social security and social insurance; employment and unemployment.
(24) Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers' liability, workmen's compensation, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits.
... (Seventh Schedule: List III – Concurrent List) - Hindi...
(23) सामाजिक सुरक्षा और सामाजिक बीमा; रोजगार और बेरोजगारी।
(24) काम की स्थितियों, भविष्य निधि, नियोक्ता की ज़िम्मेदारी, कार्मिक की प्रतिपूर्ति, असमर्थता तथा वृद्धावस्था पेंशन और प्रसूति लाभों सहित श्रमिकों का कल्याण।
...(सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची III – समवर्ती सूची)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishNo worker can be dismissed without just cause and without the formalities established by law. These will specify the just reasons for the dismissal, its special exceptions, and corresponding compensation. (Art. 74)
- SpanishNingún trabajador podrá ser despedido sin justa causa y sin las formalidades que establezca la Ley. Esta señalará las causas justas para el despido, sus excepciones especiales y la indemnización correspondiente. (Art. 74)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) The maximum number of hours of work per day shall be fixed by law.
(2) The worker is entitled to a weekly day of rest and to annual holidays with pay; he cannot renounce this right. (Art. 13) - Maltese(1) L-akbar numru ta’ siegħat tax-xogħol kull jum għandu jkun stabbilit mil-liġi.
(2) Il-ħaddiem għandu dritt għal ġurnata mistrieħ fil-ġimgħa u għal btajjel annwali bi ħlas; huwa ma jistax jirrinunzja għal dan id-dritt. (Art. 13)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State recognizes to every citizen the right to work and strives to create the conditions for effective enjoyment of this right.
It assures to each citizen the equality of opportunity concerning [face] employment and guarantees to each worker a just and equitable remuneration.
No one may be disadvantaged in their work for reason of their sex, of their origin, of their beliefs or of their opinions. (Art. 37) - FrenchL’Etat reconnaît à chaque citoyen le droit au travail et s’efforce de créer les conditions de jouissance effective de ce droit.
Il assure à chaque citoyen l’égalité de chance face à l’emploi et garantit à chaque travailleur une rémunération juste et équitable.
Nul ne peut être lésé dans son travail en raison de son sexe, de ses origines, de ses croyances ou de ses opinions. (Art. 37)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
4. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of entrepreneurial activity, … (Art. 26) - Kazak…
4. Әркімнің кәсіпкерлік қызмет еркіндігіне, …құқығы бар (26-бап)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The worker has the right to an equitable and sufficient remuneration, that procures, for him and his family, material and spiritual well-being.
Payment of the remuneration and of the social benefits of the worker takes priority over any other obligation of the employer.
Minimum remunerations are regulated by the State with participation of the representative organizations of the workers and of the employers. (Art. 24) - Spanish
El trabajador tiene derecho a una remuneración equitativa y suficiente, que procure, para él y su familia, el bienestar material y espiritual.
El pago de la remuneración y de los beneficios sociales del trabajador tiene prioridad sobre cualquiera otra obligación del empleador.
Las remuneraciones mínimas se regulan por el Estado con participación de las organizaciones representativas de los trabajadores y de los empleadores. (Art. 24)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Everyone shall have the freedom to choose and to pursue his occupation and to choose his place of work. Exceptions shall be specified by statute.
2. An obligation to work may be imposed only by statute.
3. The permanent employment of children under 16 years of age shall be forbidden. The types and nature of admissible employments shall be specified by statute.
4. A minimum level of remuneration for work, or the manner of setting its levels shall be specified by statute.
5. Public authorities shall pursue policies aiming at full, productive employment by implementing programmes to combat unemployment, including the organization of and support for occupational advice and training, as well as public works and economic intervention. (Art. 65) - Polish1. Każdemu zapewnia się wolność wyboru i wykonywania zawodu oraz wyboru miejsca pracy. Wyjątki określa ustawa.
2. Obowiązek pracy może być nałożony tylko przez ustawę.
3. Stałe zatrudnianie dzieci do lat 16 jest zakazane. Formy i charakter dopuszczalnego zatrudniania określa ustawa.
4. Minimalną wysokość wynagrodzenia za pracę lub sposób ustalania tej wysokości określa ustawa.
5. Władze publiczne prowadzą politykę zmierzającą do pełnego, produktywnego zatrudnienia poprzez realizowanie programów zwalczania bezrobocia, w tym organizowanie i wspieranie poradnictwa i szkolenia zawodowego oraz robót publicznych i prac interwencyjnych. (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
Now, therefore, the people of Barbados
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(d) resolve that the operation of the economic system shall promote the general welfare by the equitable distribution of the material resources of the community, by the human conditions under which all men shall labour and by the undeviating recognition of ability, integrity and merit;
… (Preamble)