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Employment Rights and Protection
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(3) The State shall direct its policy towards ensuring that—
a. every citizen, without discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, shall have the opportunity for securing adequate means of livelihood as well as adequate opportunities to secure suitable employment;
b. conditions of service and work are fair, just and humane and that there are adequate facilities for leisure and for social, religious and cultural life;
c. the health, safety and welfare of all persons in employment are safeguarded and not endangered or abused, and in particular that special provisions be made for working women with children, having due regard to the resources of the State;
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e. there is equal pay for equal work without discrimination on account of sex, and that adequate and satisfactory remuneration is paid to all persons in employment;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishAll the inhabitant of the Republic have the right to a legal job, freely chosen and to realize it in dignifying and just conditions.
The law will protect work in all its forms and the rights that it grants to the workers are non-renounceable. (Art. 86) - SpanishTodos los habitantes de la República tienen derecho a un trabajo lícito, libremente escogido y a realizarse en condiciones dignas y justas.
La ley protegerá el trabajo en todas sus formas y los derechos que ella otorga al trabajador son irrenunciables. (Art. 86)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone shall have the right to work, free choice of work, fair conditions of labour and protection against unemployment in the procedure specified by law.
… (Art. 37) - UzbekHar bir shaxs mehnat qilish, erkin kasb tanlash, adolatli mehnat sharoitlarida ishlash va qonunda ko‘rsatilgan tartibda ishsizlikdan himoyalanish huquqiga egadir.
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Employment Rights and Protection
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the right to work, … (Art. 101) - French
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du droit du travail, … (Art. 101)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishLaws relating to the following areas are deemed ordinary laws:
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- The fundamental principles of … employment rights, and social security. … (Art. 65) - Arabicتتخذ شكل قوانين عادية النصوص المتعلقة ب:
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- المبادئ الأساسية... لحقّ الشّغل والضّمان الاجتماعي ... (الفصل 65) - FrenchSont pris sous forme de loi ordinaire, les textes relatifs :
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- aux principes fondamentaux ... du droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale.
... (Art. 65)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The law grants the worker adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal. (Art. 27)
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La ley otorga al trabajador adecuada protección contra el despido arbitrario. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
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WHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Saint Vincent, who are known as Vincentians-
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c. realize that the maintenance of human dignity presupposes safeguarding the rights of privacy of family life, of property and the fostering of the pursuit of just economic rewards for labor;
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Employment Rights and Protection
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(2) The State shall provide social security for the temporarily unemployed in accordance with conditions and procedures established by law.
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(2) Лицата, останали временно без работа, се осигуряват социално при условия и по ред, определени със закон.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery person has the right, within the respect for the law, to engage in activity [entreprendre] in the sectors of his choice. (Art. 48)
- FrenchToute personne a le droit, dans le respect de la loi, d’entreprendre dans les secteurs de son choix. (Art. 48)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. The following are the areas of prerogative authority of the central level of the State:
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21. Substantive and procedural codification in civil, family, criminal, tax, labor, commercial, mining and electoral matters.
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II. The central level of the State has exclusive authority over the following:
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31. Labor policies and systems.
… (Art. 298) - SpanishI. Son competencias privativas del nivel central del Estado:
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21. Codificación sustantiva y adjetiva en materia civil, familiar, penal, tributaria, laboral, comercial, minería y electoral.
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II. Son competencias exclusivas del nivel central del Estado:
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31. Políticas y régimen laborales
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