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Employment Rights and Protection
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(2) At all times the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must ensure that appropriate and adequate measures are undertaken to create employment for all Zimbabweans, especially women and youths. (Sec. 14)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens of the People's Republic of China have the right as well as the duty to work.
Using various channels, the state creates conditions for employment, strengthens labor protection, improves working conditions and, on the basis of expanded production, increases remuneration for work and social benefits.
Work is the glorious duty of every able-bodied citizen. All working people in State-owned enterprises and in urban and rural economic collectives should perform their tasks with an attitude consonant with their status as masters of the country. The State promotes socialist labor emulation, and commends and rewards model and advanced workers. The State encourages citizens to take part in voluntary labor.
The state provides necessary vocational training to citizens before they are employed. (Art. 42) - Chinese中华人民共和国公民有劳动的权利和义务。
国家通过各种途径,创造劳动就业条件,加强劳动保护,改善劳动条件,并在发展生产的基础上,提高劳动报酬和福利待遇。
劳动是一切有劳动能力的公民的光荣职责。国有企业和城乡集体经济组织的劳动者都应当以国家主人翁的态度对待自己的劳动。国家提倡社会主义劳动竞赛,奖励劳动模范和先进工作者。国家提倡公民从事义务劳动。
国家对就业前的公民进行必要的劳动就业训练。 (第四十二条)
Employment Rights and Protection
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(5) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed) to be required of any person who is appointed to or to act in any office or employment.
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens shall have the right to rest, as expressed in establishment of limits of work week, grant of annual paid holidays, and days of weekly rest.
The state shall create enabling environment for recreation and use of leisure time. (Art. 50) - RussianКаждый человек имеет право на отдых, которое выражается в установлении рабочей недели ограниченной продолжительности, предоставлении ежегодных оплачиваемых отпусков, дней еженедельного отдыха.
Государство создаёт для человека благоприятные условия отдыха и использования свободного времени. (Статья 50) - TurkmenHer bir adamyň dynç almaga hukugy bardyr we ol iş hepdesiniň çäklendirilen dowamlylygynyň bellenmeginden, her ýylky tölegli zähmet rugsatlarynyň, her hepdede dynç günleriniň berilmeginden ybaratdyr.
Döwlet adam üçin dynç almaga we boş wagtyny peýdalanmaga amatly şertleri döredýär. (50-nji madda)
Employment Rights and Protection
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The State recognizes to all citizens the right to work and strives to create the conditions that render the enjoyment of this right effective[,] and guarantees to the worker fair compensation for his services or for his production. (Art. 30)
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L'Etat reconnaît à tous les citoyens le droit au travail et s'efforce de créer les conditions qui rendent la jouissance de ce droit effective et garantissent au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production. (Art. 30)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens, working on hire, shall be entitled to a paid rest. The number of working hours and paid labour leave shall be specified by law. (Art. 38)
- UzbekYollanib ishlayotgan barcha fuqarolar dam olish huquqiga egadirlar. Ish vaqti va haq to‘lanadigan mehnat ta’tilining muddati qonun bilan belgilanadi. (38-modda)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State recognizes to all citizens the right to work and strives [s’efforce] to create the conditions that render the enjoyment of this right effective. It recognizes the right that every person has to enjoy just and satisfactory conditions of work and guarantees to the worker the just retribution for their services or for their production. (Art. 54)
- KirundiLeta iremera ko abanyagihugu bose bakwiye kuronka uburenganzira bw’akazi. Irakora uko ishobora wose kugira ishireho ibikenewe kugira ubwo burenganzira bushobore kujamu ngiro. lrubahiriza umukozi wese kugira ngo aronke impembo ikwiranye n’amabanga arangura canke umwimbu wiwe kandi akabaho mu buryo bwiza kandi bushimishije. (Ingingo ya 54)
- FrenchL’Etat reconnaît à tous les citoyens le droit au travail et s’efforce de créer des conditions qui rendent la jouissance de ce droit effective. Il reconnaît le droit qu’a toute personne de jouir des conditions de travail justes et satisfaisantes et garantit au travailleur la juste rétribution de ses services ou de sa production. (Art. 54)
Employment Rights and Protection
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All persons are equal before the law, without any distinction whatsoever, Brazilians and foreigners residing in the country being ensured of inviolability of the right to life, to liberty, to equality, to security and to property, on the following terms:
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XIII – the practice of any work, trade or profession is free, observing the professional qualifications which the law shall establish;
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Todos são iguais perante a lei, sem distinção de qualquer natureza, garantindo-se aos brasileiros e aos estrangeiros residentes no País a inviolabilidade do direito à vida, à liberdade, à igualdade, à segurança e à propriedade, nos termos seguintes:
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XIII - é livre o exercício de qualquer trabalho, ofício ou profissão, atendidas as qualificações profissionais que a lei estabelecer;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishThe State guarantees the equality and equitable treatment of men and women in the exercise of the right to work. The state recognizes work at home as an economic activity that creates added value and produces social welfare and wealth. Housewives are entitled to Social Security in accordance with law. (Art. 88)
- SpanishEl Estado garantizará la igualdad y equidad de hombres y mujeres en el ejercicio del derecho al trabajo. El Estado reconocerá el trabajo del hogar como actividad económica que crea valor agregado y produce riqueza y bienestar social. Las amas de casa tienen derecho a la seguridad social de conformidad con la ley. (Art. 88)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishEveryone has the right to lead a life in keeping with human dignity.
To this end, the laws, federate laws and rules referred to in Article 134 guarantee economic, social and cultural rights, taking into account corresponding obligations, and determine the conditions for exercising them.
These rights include among others:
1° the right to employment and to the free choice of an occupation within the context of a general employment policy, aimed among others at ensuring a level of employment that is as stable and high as possible, the right to fair terms of employment and to fair remuneration, as well as the right to information, consultation and collective negotiation;
… (Art. 23) - DutchIeder heeft het recht een menswaardig leven te leiden.
Daartoe waarborgen de wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel, rekening houdend met de overeenkomstige plichten, de economische, sociale en culturele rechten, waarvan ze de voorwaarden voor de uitoefening bepalen.
Die rechten omvatten inzonderheid:
1° het recht op arbeid en op de vrije keuze van beroepsarbeid in het raam van een algemeen werkgelegenheidsbeleid dat onder meer gericht is op het waarborgen van een zo hoog en stabiel mogelijk werkgelegenheidspeil, het recht op billijke arbeidsvoorwaarden en een billijke beloning, alsmede het recht op informatie, overleg en collectief onderhandelen;
... (Art. 23) - FrenchChacun a le droit de mener une vie conforme à la dignité humaine.
A cette fin, la loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 garantissent, en tenant compte des obligations correspondantes, les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, et déterminent les conditions de leur exercice.
Ces droits comprennent notamment:
1° le droit au travail et au libre choix d’une activité professionnelle dans le cadre d’une politique générale de l’emploi, visant entre autres à assurer un niveau d’emploi aussi stable et élevé que possible, le droit à des conditions de travail et à une rémunération équitables, ainsi que le droit d’information, de consultation et de négociation collective;
… (Art. 23) - GermanJeder hat das Recht, ein menschenwürdiges Leben zu führen.
Zu diesem Zweck gewährleistet das Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel unter Berücksichtigung der entsprechenden Verpflichtungen die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Rechte und bestimmt die Bedingungen für ihre Ausübung.
Diese Rechte umfassen insbesondere:
1. das Recht auf Arbeit und auf freie Wahl der Berufstätigkeit im Rahmen einer allgemeinen Beschäftigungspolitik, die unter anderem darauf ausgerichtet ist, einen Beschäftigungsstand zu gewährleisten, der so stabil und hoch wie möglich ist, das Recht auf gerechte Arbeitsbedingungen und gerechte Entlohnung sowie das Recht auf Information, Konsultation und kollektive Verhandlungen;
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