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Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. All citizens shall have the right to work. The State shall endeavor to promote the employment of workers and to guarantee optimum wages through social and economic means and shall enforce a minimum wage system as prescribed by law.
2. All citizens shall have the duty to work. The State shall prescribe by law the extent and conditions of the duty to work in conformity with democratic principles.
3. Standards of working conditions shall be determined by law in such a way as to guarantee human dignity.
4. Special protection shall be accorded to working women and they shall not be subjected to unjust discrimination in terms of employment, wages and working conditions.
… (Art. 32) - Korean①모든 국민은 근로의 권리를 가진다. 국가는 사회적·경제적 방법으로 근로자의 고용의 증진과 적정임금의 보장에 노력하여야 하며, 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 최저임금제를 시행하여야 한다.
②모든 국민은 근로의 의무를 진다. 국가는 근로의 의무의 내용과 조건을 민주주의원칙에 따라 법률로 정한다.
③근로조건의 기준은 인간의 존엄성을 보장하도록 법률로 정한다.
④여자의 근로는 특별한 보호를 받으며, 고용·임금 및 근로조건에 있어서 부당한 차별을 받지 아니한다.
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Employment Rights and Protection
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3. Women have the right to special protection during pregnancy and following childbirth, and working women also have the right to an adequate period of leave from work without loss of remuneration or any privileges.
4. The law shall regulate the attribution to mothers and fathers of rights to an adequate period of leave from work, in accordance with the interests of the child and the needs of the household. (Art. 68) - Portuguese…
3. As mulheres têm direito a especial protecção durante a gravidez e após o parto, tendo as mulheres trabalhadoras ainda direito a dispensa do trabalho por período adequado, sem perda da retribuição ou de quaisquer regalias.
4. A lei regula a atribuição às mães e aos pais de direitos de dispensa de trabalho por período adequado, de acordo com os interesses da criança e as necessidades do agregado familiar. (Art. 68)
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
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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)
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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) Every citizen shall have the following freedoms:
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(f) freedom to practice any profession, carry on any occupation and establish and operate any industry, trade and business in any part of Nepal.
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(२) प्रत्येक नागरिकलाई देहायको स्वतन्त्रता हुनेछ ः–
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(च) नेपालको कुनै पनि भागमा पेशा, रोजगार गर्ने र उद्योग, व्यापार तथा व्यवसायको स्थापना र सञ्चालन गर्ने स्वतन्त्रता ।
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Employment Rights and Protection
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(2) Pregnant women shall be entitled to special treatment, terms of employment, and working conditions.
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(2) Ţene v tehotenstve sa zaručuje osobitná starostlivosť, ochrana v pracovných vzťahoch a zodpovedajúce pracovné podmienky.
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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)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person may engage in labor, farming, industry, commerce, a profession, or any other lawful activity, save for the limitations imposed by general interest which the law may enact. (Art. 36)
- SpanishToda persona puede dedicarse al trabajo, cultivo, industria, comercio, profesión o cualquier otra actividad lícita, salvo las limitaciones de interés general que establezcan las leyes. (Art. 36)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishOwnership, capital and labour are the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economic and social life. They are private rights that serve a social function in conformity with Islamic Shari'ah. (Basic Law, Art. 17)
- Arabicالملكية ورأس المال، والعمل، مقومات أساسية في الكيان الاقتصادي والاجتماعي للمملكة. وهي حقوق خاصة تؤدي وظيفة اجتماعية، وفق الشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي، المادة، 17)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Every person has the right to fair employment practices, including humane treatment and proper working conditions.
… (Sec. 20) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata taucoko e tiko vei ira na dodonu mera qaravi vakatautauvata ena gauna ni cakacaka, okati kina na nodra qaravi vinaka kei na tuvaki vinaka ni valenicakacaka.
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