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• Right to work
• Right to equal pay for work
• Prohibition of slavery
• Duty to work
• Right to safe work environment
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Article 12: Right to work, forced labor
Work is a right, a duty, and an honor guaranteed by the state. There can be no forced
labor except in accordance with the law and for the purpose of performing a public
service for a defined period of time and in return for a fair wage, without prejudice to
the basic rights of those assigned to the work.
Article 13: Worker Rights
The state commits to protecting worker rights, and works on building balanced work
relationships between the two sides of the production process. It ensures means for
collective negotiations and works on protecting workers against the risks of work,
ensures that conditions for professional security, safety and health are met, and
prohibits arbitrary dismissal. All the foregoing is as organized by law.
• Civil service recruitment
Article 14: State employment
Public posts are a right for citizens on the basis of merit, with no favoritism or
mediation. Public posts are an assignment in service of the people. The state ensures
the rights and protection of civil servants, and that they shall perform their duties in
service of the interests of the people. They may not be dismissed outside of
disciplinary action except in those situations set out by law.
• Right to strike
Article 15: Right to strike
Striking peacefully is a right which is organized by law.
Article 16: Martyrs and wounded of the revolution
• Provisions for wealth redistribution
• Reference to country's history
The state commits to honoring the martyrs of the nation, caring for the wounded of
the revolution, elderly war veterans, the wounded, and families of those missing in
war, as well as their equals, and the wounded in security operations, their wives,
children and parents. It works on providing them with job opportunities. The
foregoing will be organized by law.
The state encourages the contribution of civil society to achieving these objectives.
• General guarantee of social security
Article 17: Social security services
The state provides social security services.
• State support for the elderly
• State support for the unemployed
• State support for the disabled
• Right to reasonable standard of living
All citizens who have no access to the social security system have the right to social
security to ensure a decent life, if they are unable to support themselves and their
families in the event of incapacity to work, old age or unemployment.
The state works to provide appropriate pensions to small farmers, agricultural
workers, hunters and informal labor in accordance with the law.
Insurance and pension funds are private and enjoy all forms of protection afforded to
public funds. Together with their returns, they are a right of their beneficiaries. They
shall be invested in a safe manner and managed by an independent entity, in
accordance with the law.
The state guarantees funds for insurance and pensions.
Egypt 2014
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