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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The law grants the worker adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal. (Art. 27)
- Spanish
La ley otorga al trabajador adecuada protección contra el despido arbitrario. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll citizens shall enjoy freedom of occupation. (Art. 15)
- Korean모든 국민은 직업선택의 자유를 가진다. (제15조)
Employment Rights and Protection
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3. The social security system shall protect citizens in illness and old age and when they are disabled, widowed or orphaned, as well as when they are unemployed or in any other situation that entails a lack of or reduction in means of subsistence or the ability to work.
… (Art. 63) - Portuguese…
3. O sistema de segurança social protege os cidadãos na doença, velhice, invalidez, viuvez e orfandade, bem como no desemprego e em todas as outras situações de falta ou diminuição de meios de subsistência ou de capacidade para o trabalho.
… (Art. 63)
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;
… (Preamble)
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၊
… [ဇယား ၁၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုဥပဒေပြုစာရင်း၊ (ပုဒ်မ ၉၆ ကိုရည်ညွှန်းသည်)]
Employment Rights and Protection
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(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
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Until 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) - Portuguese
Até 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)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Everyone shall have the right to free choice of employment.
2. Every worker shall have the right to protection in case of groundless dismissal from employment. The grounds of dismissal from employment shall be stipulated by law.
3. It shall be prohibited to dismiss from employment due to reasons related to maternity. Every employed woman shall have the right to paid leave in case of pregnancy and child delivery. Every employed parent shall have the right to leave in case of child birth or child adoption. Details shall be stipulated by law.
... (Art. 57) - Armenian1. Յուրաքանչյուր ոք ունի աշխատանքի ազատ ընտրության իրավունք:
2. Յուրաքանչյուր աշխատող ունի աշխատանքից անհիմն ազատվելու դեպքում պաշտպանության իրավունք: Աշխատանքից ազատման հիմքերը սահմանվում են օրենքով:
3. Մայրության հետ կապված պատճառներով աշխատանքից ազատելն արգելվում է: Յուրաքանչյուր աշխատող կին ունի հղիության և ծննդաբերության դեպքում վճարովի արձակուրդի իրավունք: Յուրաքանչյուր աշխատող ծնող երեխայի ծննդյան կամ երեխայի որդեգրման դեպքում ունի արձակուրդի իրավունք: Մանրամասները սահմանվում են օրենքով:
... (Հոդված 57)
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)