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Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Every person, without discrimination of any kind, is entitled to remuneration commensurate with his work, and all persons working according to their ability shall be remunerated according to the measure and qualification for the work.
(2) Every person who works is entitled to just remuneration. (Art. 23)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Work is a duty and a right. It is the basis of social well-being and a means of realization of the person. (Art. 22)
- Spanish
El trabajo es un deber y un derecho. Es base del bienestar social y un medio de realización de la persona. (Art. 22)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe state continuously raises labor productivity, improves economic results and develops the productive forces by enhancing the enthusiasm of the working people, raising the level of their technical skill, disseminating advanced science and technology, improving the systems of economic administration and enterprise operation and management, instituting the socialist system of responsibility in various forms and improving organization of work.
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The State establishes a sound social security system compatible with the level of economic development. (Art. 14) - Chinese国家通过提高劳动者的积极性和技术水平,推广先进的科学技术,完善经济管理体制和企业经营管理制度,实行各种形式的社会主义责任制,改进劳动组织,以不断提高劳动生产率和经济效益,发展社会生产力。
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国家建立健全同经济发展水平相适应的社会保障制度。(第十四条)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
9. Social Sector
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(o) Working hours, resting-hours, holidays and occupational safety;
... (Schedule One, Union Legislative List [Section 96]) - Burmese
၉။ လူမူရေးကဏ္ဍ
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(ဏ)အလုပ်လုပ်ချိန်၊ နားချိန်၊ အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက်များနှင့် လုပ်ငန်းခွင်ဆိုင်ရာဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းရှင်းရေး၊
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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
(1) Women, minors, and disabled persons shall enjoy more extensive health protection and special working conditions.
(2) Minors and disabled persons shall enjoy special protection in employment relations and special assistance in training.
(3) Further details of the rights defined in sections (1 ) and (2) of this Article shall be specified by law. (Art. 38) - Slovak
(1) Ţeny, mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na zvýšenú ochranu zdravia pri práci a osobitné pracovné podmienky.
(2) Mladiství a osoby zdravotne postihnuté majú právo na osobitnú ochranu v pracovných vzťahoch a na pomoc pri príprave na povolanie.
(3) Podrobnosti o právach podľa odsekov 1 a 2 ustanoví zákon. (Čl. 38)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe Argentine Nation admits neither blood nor birth prerogatives: there are neither personal privileges nor titles of nobility. All its inhabitants are equal before the law, and admissible to employment without any other requirement than their ability. … (Sec. 16)
- SpanishLa Nación Argentina no admite prerrogativas de sangre, ni de nacimiento: no hay en ella fueros personales ni títulos de nobleza. Todos sus habitantes son iguales ante la ley, y admisibles en los empleos sin otra condición que la idoneidad. … (Art. 16)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Everyone has the right to work, in accordance with his capacities.
2. The duty to work is inseparably linked to the right to work.
3. Everyone has the right of free choice of profession and work, except for regulations imposed by law.
4. Everyone has the right of initiative for economic production. (Art. 26) - Dutch1. Een ieder heeft het recht op werk, in overeenstemming met zijn capaciteit.
2. De plicht om te werken is onlosmakelijk verbonden aan het recht op werk.
3. Een ieder heeft het recht van vrije keuze van beroep en werk, behoudens bepalingen, opgelegd bij wet.
4. Een ieder heeft recht op initiatief voor economische produktie. (Art. 26)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe employee-employer relationship shall be based on the ideals of social justice and shall be regulated by law. (Art. 30)
- Arabicالعلاقة بين العمّال وأرباب العمل أساسها العدالة الاجتماعية وينظّمها القانون. (المادّة 30)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe following are determined exclusively by the laws of Ukraine:
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6) the fundamentals of social protection, the forms and types of pension provision; the principles of the regulation of labour and employment,
… (Art. 92) - UkrainianВиключно законами України визначаються:
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6) основи соціального захисту, форми і види пенсійного забезпечення; засади регулювання праці і зайнятості,
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe Union has exclusive power to legislate with respect to:
I. … labor law;
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XVI. organization of the national employment system and conditions for professional practice;
… (Art. 22) - PortugueseCompete privativamente à União legislar sobre:
I - … trabalho;
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XVI - organização do sistema nacional de emprego e condições para o exercício de profissões;
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