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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State guarantees the right to work and sees to [the] assurance of the exercise of this right. (Art. 38)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery citizen has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. (Art. 23)
- SomaliMuwaaddin kasta wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in uu si xor ah u doorto xirfadda, shaqada ama mihnadda uu rabo. (Qodobka 23aad.)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies that tend to the full employment and to the professional training of human resources, giving preference to national workers. (Art. 87)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tiendas al pleno empleo y a la formación profesional de recursos humanos, dando preferencia al trabajador nacional. (Art. 87)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
3. The State shall ... prioritize the employment and development of talented people;
... (Art. 61) - Vietnamese…
3. Nhà nước ưu ... tiên sử dụng, phát triển nhân tài;
… (Điều 61)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. All citizens shall have the right to work, and the public authorities shall be responsible for creating the conditions necessary for the effective realization of such right.
… (Art. 61) - Portuguese1. Todos os cidadãos têm direito ao trabalho, incumbindo aos poderes públicos promover as condições para o seu exercício efectivo.
… (Art. 61)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall endeavour to fulfil the fundamental rights of all Ugandans to social justice and economic development and shall, in particular, ensure that-
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b. all Ugandans enjoy rights and opportunities and access to … work, ... (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XIV)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State stimulates the creation of wealth and guarantees the freedom to work and the freedom of enterprise, commerce and industry. The exercise of these freedoms must not be harmful to public morals, to [public] health, or to [public] security. The State provides opportunities for improvement to the sectors that suffer from any inequality; in that sense, it promotes small enterprises in all their modalities. (Art. 59)
- Spanish
El Estado estimula la creación de riqueza y garantiza la libertad de trabajo y la libertad de empresa, comercio e industria. El ejercicio de estas libertades no debe ser lesivo a la moral, ni a la salud, ni a la seguridad públicas. El Estado brinda oportunidades de superación a los sectores que sufren cualquier desigualdad; en tal sentido, promueve las pequeñas empresas en todas sus modalidades. (Art. 59)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(2) The State shall provide social security for the temporarily unemployed in accordance with conditions and procedures established by law.
… (Art. 51) - Bulgarian…
(2) Лицата, останали временно без работа, се осигуряват социално при условия и по ред, определени със закон.
… (Чл. 51)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person has the right, within the respect for the law, to engage in activity [entreprendre] in the sectors of his choice. (Art. 48)
- FrenchToute personne a le droit, dans le respect de la loi, d’entreprendre dans les secteurs de son choix. (Art. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. Every person has the right to dedicate him or herself to business, industry or any other legal economic activity under conditions which do not harm the collective well being.
II. The workers in small urban or rural productive units, or who are self-employed, and guild members in general, shall enjoy special protection on the part of the State through a policy of equitable commercial exchange and fair prices for their products, as well as a preferential allowance of financial economic resources to promote their production.
III. The State shall protect, promote and strengthen communitarian forms of production. (Art. 47) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a dedicarse al comercio, la industria o a cualquier actividad económica lícita, en condiciones que no perjudiquen al bien colectivo.
II. Las trabajadoras y los trabajadores de pequeñas unidades productivas urbanas o rurales, por cuenta propia, y gremialistas en general, gozarán por parte del Estado de un régimen de protección especial, mediante una política de intercambio comercial equitativo y de precios justos para sus productos, así como la asignación preferente de recursos económicos financieros para incentivar su producción.
III. El Estado protegerá, fomentará y fortalecerá las formas comunitarias de producción. (Art. 47)