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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishIn the economic and social field the state is under a priority duty:
a) Within the overall framework of a sustainable development strategy, to promote an increase in people's social and economic well-being and quality of life, especially those of the most disadvantaged persons;
b) To promote social justice, ensure equal opportunities and carry out the necessary corrections to inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income, particularly by means of the fiscal policy;
… (Art. 81) - PortugueseIncumbe prioritariamente ao Estado no âmbito económico e social:
a) Promover o aumento do bem-estar social e económico e da qualidade de vida das pessoas, em especial das mais desfavorecidas, no quadro de uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável;
b) Promover a justiça social, assegurar a igualdade de oportunidades e operar as necessárias correcções das desigualdades na distribuição da riqueza e do rendimento, nomeadamente através da política fiscal;
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The Civil Service shall be governed by, inter alia, the following values and Principles:
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d. services shall be provided to all persons impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias or discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity, region, gender, health status or physical disability;
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Public Institutions and Services
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(b) The Union shall enact necessary laws for Civil Services personnel to have security and sufficiency of food, clothing and shelter, to get maternity benefits for married women in service, and to ease livelihood for welfare of retired Service personnel. (Sec. 26) - Burmese
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(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းများ၏ လုပ်ငန်းခွင်အာမခံချက်ရရှိရေး၊ စားဝတ်နေမှု ဖူလုံရေး၊ အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်အမျိုးသမီးဝန်ထမ်းများ မီးဖွားခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကျိုးခံစားခွင့်ရရှိရေး နှင့် အငြိမ်းစားဝန်ထမ်းများ စားဝတ်နေမှု သက်သာချောင်ချိရေးတို့အတွက် လိုအပ် သည့် ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၂၆)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEvery person is entitled to the security of his economic means of support in the event of work disability or inability to obtain remunerated employment.
Social Security services shall be furnished and administered by the Honduran Social Security Institute and shall cover cases of sickness, maternity, family allowance, old-age, orphanhood, lockout, work injury, involuntary unemployment; occupational disease, and other contingencies affecting the capacity to produce.
The State shall establish social welfare institutions which shall function as a unit in a single state system with the contribution of all interested parties and the state. (Art. 142) - SpanishToda persona tiene derecho a la seguridad de sus medios económicos de subsistencia en caso de incapacidad para trabajar u obtener trabajo retribuido.
Los servicios de seguridad social serán prestados y administrados por el Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social que cubrirá los casos de enfermedad, maternidad, subsidio de familia, vejez, orfandad, paros forzosos, accidentes de trabajo, desocupación comprobada, enfermedades profesionales y todas las demás contingencias que afecten la capacidad de producir.
El Estado creará instituciones de asistencia y previsión social que funcionarán unificadas en un sistema unitario estatal con la aportación de todos los interesados y el mismo Estado. (Art. 142)
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(5) Parents taking care of their children shall have the right to assistance provided by the State.
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(5) Rodičia, ktorí sa starajú o deti, majú právo na pomoc štátu.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family is the natural and basic unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XIX)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for the common good.
To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition of property and its increments. (Art. XIII, Sec. 1) - FilipinoDapat pag-ukulan ng Kongreso ng pinakamataas na prayoriti ang pagsasabatas ng mga hakbangin na mangangalaga at magpapatingkad sa karapatan ng lahat ng mga mamamayan sa dignidad na pantao, magbabawas sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na panlipunan, pangkabuhayan, at pampulitika, at papawi sa mga di pagkakapantay-pantay na pagkalinangan sa pamamagitan ng ekwitableng na pagpapalaganap ng kayamanan at kapangyarihang pampulitika para sa kabutihan ng lahat.
Tungo sa mga mithiing ito, dapat regulahin ng Estado ang pagtatamo, pagmamay-ari, paggamit, at paglilipat ng ariarian at ng mga bunga nito. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 1)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State protects marriage, motherhood and the family. What is relative to civil status shall be determined by law.
… (Art. 56) - SpanishEl Estado protege el matrimonio, la maternidad y la familia. La Ley determinará lo relativo al estado civil.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishCitizens have the right to social protection that includes the right to social provision in cases of complete, partial or temporary disability, the loss of the principal wage-earner, unemployment due to circumstances beyond their control and also in old age, and in other cases established by law.
This right is guaranteed by general mandatory state social insurance on account of the insurance payments of citizens, enterprises, institutions and organisations, and also from budgetary and other sources of social security; by the establishment of a network of state, communal and private institutions to care for persons incapable of work.
Pensions and other types of social payments and assistance that are the principal sources of subsistence, shall ensure a standard of living not lower than the minimum living standard established by law. (Art. 46) - UkrainianГромадяни мають право на соціальний захист, що включає право на забезпечення їх у разі повної, часткової або тимчасової втрати працездатності, втрати годувальника, безробіття з незалежних від них обставин, а також у старості та в інших випадках, передбачених законом.
Це право гарантується загальнообов'язковим державним соціальним страхуванням за рахунок страхових внесків громадян, підприємств, установ і організацій, а також бюджетних та інших джерел соціального забезпечення; створенням мережі державних, комунальних, приватних закладів для догляду за непрацездатними.
Пенсії, інші види соціальних виплат та допомоги, що є основним джерелом існування, мають забезпечувати рівень життя, не нижчий від прожиткового мінімуму, встановленого законом. (Стаття 46)
Public Institutions and Services
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The State shall grant the benefits of social security, which shall be of an integral nature and may not be waived. In particular, the laws shall establish: compulsory social insurance, which shall be in charge of national or provincial entities with financial and economic autonomy, administered by the interested parties with State participation, with no overlapping of contributions; adjustable retirements and pensions; full family protection; protection of homestead; family allowances and access to a worthy housing. (Sec. 14bis) - Spanish…
El Estado otorgará los beneficios de la seguridad social, que tendrá carácter de integral e irrenunciable. En especial, la ley establecerá: el seguro social obligatorio, que estará a cargo de entidades nacionales o provinciales con autonomía financiera y económica, administradas por los interesados con participación del Estado, sin que pueda existir superposición de aportes; jubilaciones y pensiones móviles; la protección integral de la familia; la defensa del bien de familia; la compensación económica familiar y el acceso a una vivienda digna. (Art. 14bis)