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Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. Every citizen shall have the right to work, which is a duty and honor. The Palestinian National Authority shall strive to provide work for any individual capable of performing it.
2. Work relations shall be organized in a manner that guarantees justice to all and provides workers with welfare, security, and health and social benefits.
… (Art. 25) - Arabic1- العمل حق لكل مواطن وهو واجب وشرف وتسعى السلطة الوطنية إلى توفيره لكل قادر عليه.
2- تنظم علاقات العمل بما يكفل العدالة للجميع ويوفر للعمال الرعاية والأمن والرعاية الصحية والاجتماعية.
... (المادّة 25)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1 The Confederation may legislate on:
a. employee protection;
b. relations between employer and employee, and in particular on common regulations on operational and professional matters;
c. recruitment services;
d. the declaration of collective employment agreements to be generally applicable.
2 Collective employment agreements may be declared generally applicable only if they take appropriate account of the justified interests of minorities and regional particularities, and they respect the principle of equality before the law and the right to form professional associations.
… (Art. 110) - French1 La Confédération peut légiférer:
a. sur la protection des travailleurs;
b. sur les rapports entre employeurs et travailleurs, notamment la réglementation en commun des questions intéressant l’entreprise et le domaine professionnel; c. sur le service de placement;
d. sur l’extension du champ d’application des conventions collectives de travail.
2 Le champ d’application d’une convention collective de travail ne peut être étendu que si cette convention tient compte équitablement des intérêts légitimes des minorités et des particularités régionales et qu’elle respecte le principe de l’égalité devant la loi et la liberté syndicale.
… (Art. 110) - German1 Der Bund kann Vorschriften erlassen über:
a. den Schutz der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer;
b. das Verhältnis zwischen Arbeitgeber- und Arbeitnehmerseite, insbesondere über die gemeinsame Regelung betrieblicher und beruflicher Angelegenheiten;
c. die Arbeitsvermittlung;
d. die Allgemeinverbindlicherklärung von Gesamtarbeitsverträgen.
2 Gesamtarbeitsverträge dürfen nur allgemeinverbindlich erklärt werden, wenn sie begründeten Minderheitsinteressen und regionalen Verschiedenheiten angemessen Rechnung tragen und die Rechtsgleichheit sowie die Koalitionsfreiheit nicht beeinträchtigen.
… (Art. 110) - Italian1 La Confederazione può emanare prescrizioni su:
a. la protezione dei lavoratori e delle lavoratrici;
b. i rapporti tra i datori di lavoro e i lavoratori e le lavoratrici, in particolare la regolamentazione in comune di questioni aziendali e professionali;
c. il servizio di collocamento;
d. il conferimento dell’obbligatorietà generale a contratti collettivi di lavoro.
2 I contratti collettivi di lavoro possono essere dichiarati di obbligatorietà generale soltanto se tengono conto adeguatamente di legittimi interessi minoritari e delle diversità regionali e non pregiudicano né l’uguaglianza giuridica né la libertà sindacale.
… (Art. 110)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The economic order, founded on the appreciation of the value of human work and on free enterprise, is intended to ensure everyone a life with dignity, in accordance with the dictates of social justice, with due regard for the following principles:
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VIII – pursuit of full employment;
… (Art. 170) - Portuguese
A ordem econômica, fundada na valorização do trabalho humano e na livre iniciativa, tem por fim assegurar a todos existência digna, conforme os ditames da justiça social, observados os seguintes princípios:
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VIII - busca do pleno emprego;
… (Art. 170)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEvery worker has the right to a salary sufficient to enable him or her to live with dignity and cover basic material, social and intellectual needs for himself or herself and his or her family. The payment of equal salary for equal work is guaranteed, and the share of the profits of a business enterprise to which workers are entitled shall be determined. Salary is not subject to garnishment, and shall be paid periodically and promptly in legal tender, with the exception of the food allowance, in accordance with law.
The State guarantees workers in both the public and the private sector a vital minimum salary which shall be adjusted each year, taking as one of the references the cost of a basic market basket. The form and procedure to be followed, shall be established by law. (Art. 91) - SpanishTodo trabajador o trabajadora tiene derecho a un salario suficiente que le permita vivir con dignidad y cubrir para sí y su familia las necesidades básicas materiales, sociales e intelectuales. Se garantizará el pago de igual salario por igual trabajo y se fijará la participación que debe corresponder a los trabajadores y trabajadoras en el beneficio de la empresa. El salario es inembargable y se pagará periódica y oportunamente en moneda de curso legal, salvo la excepción de la obligación alimentaria, de conformidad con la ley.
El Estado garantizará a los trabajadores y trabajadoras del sector público y del sector privado un salario mínimo vital que será ajustado cada año, tomando como una de las referencias el costo de la canasta básica. La ley establecerá la forma y el procedimiento. (Art. 91)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English1. It is incumbent upon the Government:
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j) To lead the labour and social security policy;
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n) To support private enterprise initiatives;
… (Sec. 115) - Tetum1. Governu nia knaar maka:
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j) Dirije polítika serbisu no seguransa sosiál nian;
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n) Fó tulun ba inisiativa ekonómiku privadu;
… (Art. 115) - Portuguese1. Compete ao Governo:
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j) Dirigir a política laboral e de segurança social;
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n) Apoiar o exercício da iniciativa económica privada;
… (Art. 115)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English
The State guarantees the right to work and sees to [the] assurance of the exercise of this right. (Art. 38)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State will maintain, while [an] unemployment insurance does not exist, technical and permanent system of protection for the involuntarily unemployed, and will procure the reintegration of them into work. (Art. 72)
- SpanishEl Estado mantendrá, mientras no exista seguro de desocupación, un sistema técnico y permanente de protección a los desocupados involuntarios, y procurará la reintegración de los mismos al trabajo. (Art. 72)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe state continuously raises labor productivity, improves economic results and develops the productive forces by enhancing the enthusiasm of the working people, raising the level of their technical skill, disseminating advanced science and technology, improving the systems of economic administration and enterprise operation and management, instituting the socialist system of responsibility in various forms and improving organization of work.
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The State establishes a sound social security system compatible with the level of economic development. (Art. 14) - Chinese国家通过提高劳动者的积极性和技术水平,推广先进的科学技术,完善经济管理体制和企业经营管理制度,实行各种形式的社会主义责任制,改进劳动组织,以不断提高劳动生产率和经济效益,发展社会生产力。
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国家建立健全同经济发展水平相适应的社会保障制度。(第十四条)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English…
3. The State shall ... prioritize the employment and development of talented people;
... (Art. 61) - Vietnamese…
3. Nhà nước ưu ... tiên sử dụng, phát triển nhân tài;
… (Điều 61)
Employment Rights and Protection
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3. Every citizen shall have the right to participate freely in any economic activity and to engage in any lawful business.
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5. The National Assembly shall enact laws guaranteeing and securing the social welfare of citizens, the rights and conditions of labor and other rights and responsibilities listed in this Article. (Art. 21)