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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Whereas every person in Grenada is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
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(d) the right to work,
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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, the public establishments and the territorial collectivities work for the mobilization of all the means available [disponibles] to facilitate the equal access of the citizens to conditions that permit their enjoyment of the right:
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• to professional instruction and to physical and artistic education;
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• to work and to the support of the public powers in matters of searching for employment or of self-employment;
… (Art. 31) - Arabicتعمل الدّولة والمؤسسات العمومية والجماعات الترابية، على تعبئة كل الوسائل المتاحة، لتيسير أسباب استفادة المواطنات والمواطنين، على قدم المساواة، من الحق في:
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• التّكوين المهني والاستفادة من التّربية البدنيّة والفنّية،
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• الشّغل والدّعم من طرف السّلطات العمومية في البحث عن شغل، أو في التشغيل الذاتي،
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State shall see to it that a Civil Pension Retirement Fund is established in the public and private sectors. The fund shall receive contributions from employers and employees, in accordance with the criteria and in the manner established by law. The granting of a pension is a right and not a privilege. (Art. 48)
- FrenchL'Etat veillera à ce qu'une caisse de pension civile de retraite soit établie dans les secteurs privé et public. Elle sera alimentée par les contributions des employeurs et employés suivant les critères et modalités établis par la loi. L'allocation de la pension est un droit et non une faveur. (Art. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(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
- 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
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to choose freely a profession or a type of work, except for restrictions imposed by law because of interest collective or inherent to the profession itself. (Art. 32)
- PortugueseTodos têm o direito de escolher livremente a profissão ou o género de trabalho, salvo as restrições legais impostas pelo interesse colectivo ou inerentes à própria capacidade. (Art. 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State shall promote the voluntary association of the peasants [campesinos] in agricultural cooperatives, without discrimination of sex and in accordance with their resources [and] will facilitate the material means necessary to raise their technical and productive capacity, with the objective to improve the conditions of life of the peasants. (Art. 109)
- Spanish
El Estado promoverá la asociación voluntaria de los campesinos en cooperativas agrícolas, sin discriminación de sexo; y de acuerdo con sus recursos facilitará los medios materiales necesarios para elevar su capacidad técnica y productiva, a fin de mejorar las condiciones de vida de los campesinos. (Art. 109)
Employment Rights and Protection
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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
- 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)