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Employment Rights and Protection
Spain
- EnglishThe public authorities shall maintain a public Social Security system for all citizens which will guarantee adequate social assistance and benefits in situations of hardship, especially in cases of unemployment.
... (Sec. 41) - SpanishLos poderes públicos mantendrán un régimen público de Seguridad Social para todos los ciudadanos, que garantice la asistencia y prestaciones sociales suficientes ante situaciones de necesidad, especialmente en caso de desempleo.
… (Art. 41)
Employment Rights and Protection
Guatemala
- EnglishThe State, through the specific entities, will support the planning and construction of housing complexes [conjuntos], establishing the adequate systems for financing, which would make it possible to involve the different programs, so that the workers may opt for adequate housing and meet [the] health requirements.
The owners of enterprises [empresas] are obligated to provide to their workers, in the cases established by the law, [the] housing units that meet the aforementioned requirements. (Art. 105) - SpanishEl Estado, a través de las entidades específicas, apoyará la planificación y construcción de conjuntos habitacionales, estableciendo los adecuados sistemas de financiamiento, que permitan atender los diferentes programas, para que los trabajadores puedan optar a viviendas adecuadas y que llenen las condiciones de salubridad.
Los propietarios de las empresas quedan obligados a proporcionar a sus trabajadores, en los casos establecidos por la ley, viviendas que llenen los requisitos anteriores. (Art. 105)
Employment Rights and Protection
Syrian Arab Republic
- English...
3. The State shall … work on developing human resources and protecting the labor force in a way that serves the national economy. (Art. 13) - Arabic...
3تكفل الدولة حماية المنتجين والمستھلكين وترعى التجارة والإستثمار وتمنع الإحتكار في مختلف المجالات الإقتصادية وتعمل على تطوير الطاقات البشرية وتحمي قوة العمل، بما يخدم الإقتصاد الوطن ي (المادّة 13)
Employment Rights and Protection
Mozambique
- English1. Labour is the driving force of development and shall merit respect and protection.
2. The State shall promote the fair distribution of the proceeds of labour.
3. The State maintains that everyone should receive equal pay for equal work. (Art. 112) - Portuguese1. O trabalho é a força motriz do desenvolvimento e é dignificado e protegido.
2. O Estado propugna a justa repartição dos rendimentos do trabalho.
3. O Estado defende que a trabalho igual deve corresponder salário igual. (Art. 112)
Employment Rights and Protection
New Zealand
- EnglishNothing in section 22 shall prevent restrictions imposed by an employer—
(a) on the employment of any person who is married to, or in a civil union or in a de facto relationship with, or who is a relative of, another employee if—
(i) there would be a reporting relationship between them; or
(ii) there is a risk of collusion between them to the detriment of the employer; or
(b) on the employment of any person who is married to, or in a civil union or in a de facto relationship with, or who is a relative of, an employee of another employer if there is a risk of collusion between them to the detriment of that person’s employer. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 32)
Employment Rights and Protection
Honduras
- EnglishHomeworkers shall have a legal status analogous to that of other workers, with due consideration for the peculiarities of their work. (Art. 130)
- SpanishSe reconoce al trabajador a domicilio una situación jurídica análoga a la de los demás trabajadores habida consideración de las particularidades de su labor. (Art. 130)
Employment Rights and Protection
Turkmenistan
- EnglishCitizens shall have the right to work, choice of profession, sort of employment and place of work at their own discretion, to safe and healthy working conditions.
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Wage earners shall be entitled to compensation, appropriate to amount and quality of work. The size of this compensation shall not be less than the minimum wage established by the state. (Art. 49) - RussianКаждый человек имеет право на труд, выбор профессии, рода занятий и места работы по своему усмотрению, здоровые и безопасные условия труда....
Лица, работающие по найму, имеют право на вознаграждение, соответствующее количеству и качеству труда. Размер этого вознаграждения не может быть менее размера минимальной заработной платы, установленного государством. (Статья 49) - TurkmenHer bir adamyň zähmete, öz islegine görä hünär, kär we iş ýerini saýlap almaga, zähmetiň sagdyn we howpsuz şertlerine hukugy bardyr.
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Hakyna durup işleýän adamlaryň öz çeken zähmetiniň möçberine we hiline laýyk gelýän hak almaga hukugy bardyr. Bu hakyň möçberi döwlet tarapyndan bellenilen iň pes zähmet hakynyň möçberinden az bolup bilmez. (49-nji madda)
Employment Rights and Protection
Senegal
- English… The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- … of the right to work, of the syndical right and of social security;
… (Art. 67) - French… La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- ... du droit du travail, du droit syndical et de la sécurité sociale,
... (Art. 67)
Employment Rights and Protection
Angola
- English1. Private enterprise shall be freely undertaken and exercised with respect for the Constitution and the law.
2. Everyone shall have the right to engage in free business and cooperative initiatives, to be exercised under the terms of the law.
... (Art. 38) - Portuguese1. A iniciativa económica privada é livre, sendo exercida com respeito pela Constituição e pela lei.
2. A todos é reconhecido o direito à livre iniciativa empresarial e cooperativa, a exercer nos termos da lei.
... (Art. 38)