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Employment Rights and Protection
Palestine
- 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
Switzerland
- 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
Cuba
- EnglishThe State recognizes the right to work. Any person that is able to work has the right to obtain a dignified employment according to their choice, qualifications, aptitude, and the demands of the economy and society.
The State organizes institutions and services that facilitate the ability of working families to carry out their responsibilities. (Art. 64) - SpanishSe reconoce el derecho al trabajo. La persona en condición de trabajar tiene derecho a obtener un empleo digno, en correspondencia con su elección, calificación, aptitud y exigencias de la economía y la sociedad.
El Estado organiza instituciones y servicios que faciliten a las familias trabajadoras el desempeño de sus responsabilidades. (Art. 64)
Employment Rights and Protection
Thailand
- EnglishThe State should promote abilities of the people to engage in work which is appropriate to their potentials and ages, and ensure that they have work to engage in. The State should protect labour to ensure safety and vocational hygiene, and receive income, welfare, social security and other benefits which are suitable for their living, and should provide for or promote savings for living after their working age. ... (Sec. 74)
- Thaiรัฐพึงส่งเสริมให้ประชาชนมีความสามารถในการทํางานอย่างเหมาะสมกับศักยภาพและวัย และให้มีงานทํา และพึงคุ้มครองผู้ใช้แรงงานให้ได้รับความปลอดภัยและมีสุขอนามัยที่ดีในการทํางาน มี รายได้ สวัสดิการ การประกันสังคม และสิทธิประโยชน์อื่นที่เหมาะสมแก่การดํารงชีพ และพึงจัดให้มีหรือส่งเสริมการออมเพื่อการดํารงชีพเมื่อพ้นวัยทํางาน ... (มาตรา ๗๔)
Employment Rights and Protection
New Zealand
- English(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part8 shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
(2) Nothing in this Part—
(a) limits the power of the Crown to establish or arrange work or training schemes or employment assistance measures, eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status; or
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to recruit or refer any other person who is of a particular age or of a particular employment status or of a particular family status for any work or training scheme or employment assistance measure that is established or arranged by the Crown, the eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person’s age, employment status, or family status. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)
Employment Rights and Protection
Gabon
- English…
The law determines in addition the fundamental principles:
…
– of social security;
– of the right to work;
… (Art. 47) - French…
La loi détermine en outre les principes fondamentaux :
…
- de la sécurité sociale ;
- du droit du travail ;
… (Art. 47)
Employment Rights and Protection
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee to women equal access to employment, vocational and professional training and advancement, equitable pay, and the option to self-employment. All necessary measures shall be taken to eliminate inequality.
Any form of discrimination, harassment or violent action, of any nature, whether direct or indirect, affecting women at work is forbidden. (Art. 331) - SpanishEl Estado garantizará a las mujeres igualdad en el acceso al empleo, a la formación y promoción laboral y profesional, a la remuneración equitativa, y a la iniciativa de trabajo autónomo. Se adoptarán todas las medidas necesarias para eliminar las desigualdades.
Se prohíbe toda forma de discriminación, acoso o acto de violencia de cualquier índole, sea directa o indirecta, que afecte a las mujeres en el trabajo. (Art. 331)
Employment Rights and Protection
Uzbekistan
- 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.
… (37-modda)
Employment Rights and Protection
Burkina Faso
- English
The State sees to the constant amelioration of the conditions of work and to the protection of the worker. (Art. 20)
- French
L’Etat veille à l’amélioration constante des conditions de travail et à la protection du travailleur. (Art. 20)
Employment Rights and Protection
Liberia
- EnglishAll Liberian citizens shall have equal opportunity for work and employment regardless of sex, creed, religion, ethnic background, place of origin or political affiliation, and all shall be entitled to equal pay for equal work. (Art. 18)