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Employment Rights and Protection
- English
Every citizen unable to work and without the necessary means of subsistence shall be entitled to welfare support.
Workers shall be entitled to adequate means for their living requirements in case of accidents, illness, disability, old age and involuntary unemployment.
... (Art. 38) - Italian
Ogni cittadino inabile al lavoro e sprovvisto dei mezzi necessari per vivere ha diritto al mantenimento e all’assistenza sociale.
I lavoratori hanno diritto che siano preveduti ed assicurati mezzi adeguati alle loro esigenze di vita in caso di infortunio, malattia, invalidità e vecchiaia, disoccupazione involontaria.
... (Art. 38)
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
- English
The law grants the worker adequate protection against arbitrary dismissal. (Art. 27)
- Spanish
La ley otorga al trabajador adecuada protección contra el despido arbitrario. (Art. 27)
Employment Rights and Protection
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it is the duty of the Islamic government to furnish all citizens with equal and appropriate opportunities, to provide them with work, and to satisfy their essential needs, so that the persistence of their progress may be assured. (The Economy is a Means, Not an End, Preamble) - Persian…
تأمین امکانات مساوی و متناسب و ایجاد کار برای همه افراد و رفع نیازهای ضروری جهت استمرار حرکت تکاملی او برعهده حکومت اسلامی است. (اقتصاد وسیله است نه هدف، مقدمه)
Employment Rights and Protection
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(3) The organic laws shall govern:
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j) general regulation of labour relationships,
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(3) Prin lege organică se reglementează:
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(j) regimul general privind raporturile de muncă,
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishI. Every person has the following rights:
1. To dignified work, with industrial and occupational health and safety, without discrimination, and with a fair, equitable and satisfactory remuneration or salary that assures a dignified existence for the worker and his or her family.
2. To a stable source of work under equitable and satisfactory conditions.
II. The State shall protect the exercise of work in all its forms.
III. All forms of forced work or other analogous exploitation that obligates a person to work without his or her consent and without fair remuneration is prohibited. (Art. 46) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho:
1. Al trabajo digno, con seguridad industrial, higiene y salud ocupacional, sin discriminación, y con remuneración o salario justo, equitativo y satisfactorio, que le asegure para sí y su familia una existencia digna.
2. A una fuente laboral estable, en condiciones equitativas y satisfactorias.
II. El Estado protegerá el ejercicio del trabajo en todas sus formas.
III. Se prohíbe toda forma de trabajo forzoso u otro modo análogo de explotación que obligue a una persona a realizar labores sin su consentimiento y justa retribución. (Art. 46)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWhereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago—
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(b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
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Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishCitizens have the right to relaxation. This right is ensured by the establishment of working hours, and the provision of holidays, paid leave, accommodation at health resorts and holiday homes at State expense and by a growing network of cultural facilities. (Art. 71)
- Korean공민은 휴식에 대한 권리를 가진다. 이 권리는 로동시간제, 공휴일제, 유급휴가제, 국가비용에 의한 정휴양제, 계속 늘어나는 여러가지 문화시설들에 의하여 보장된다. (제71조)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishWorkers are guaranteed job security, and dismissal without fair cause or for political or ideological reasons is prohibited. (Art. 53)
- PortugueseÉ garantida aos trabalhadores a segurança no emprego, sendo proibidos os despedimentos sem justa causa ou por motivos políticos ou ideológicos. (Art. 53)
Employment Rights and Protection
- EnglishUntil such time as the complementary law referred to in art. 7, I, of this Constitution is enacted:
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II. arbitrary dismissal or dismissal without just cause is prohibited:
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b. for a pregnant employee, from the date the pregnancy is confirmed until five months after birth.
§1°. Until the law regulates the provisions of art. 7, XIX, of the Constitution, the period of paternity leave referred to in the subparagraph shall be five days.
… (Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act 1988, Art. 10) - PortugueseAté que seja promulgada a lei complementar a que se refere o art. 7º, I, da Constituição:
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II – fica vedada a dispensa arbitrária ou sem justa causa:
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b) da empregada gestante, desde a confirmação da gravidez até cinco meses após o parto.
§ 1º Até que a lei venha a disciplinar o disposto no art. 7º, XIX, da Constituição, o prazo da licençapaternidade a que se refere o inciso é de cinco dias.
… (Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias 1988, Art. 10)