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Every worker has the right to protection against unjustified dismissal, in accordance with Union law and national laws and practices.

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Explanations

  • Text:

    This Article draws on Article 24 of the revised Social Charter. See also Directive 2001/23/EC on the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, and Directive 80/987/EEC on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer, as amended by Directive 2002/74/EC

    Source:
    Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17 - 14.12.2007
    Preamble - Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights:
    These explanations were originally prepared under the authority of the Praesidium of the Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Although they do not as such have the status of law, they are a valuable tool of interpretation intended to clarify the provisions of the Charter.

Case Law References

National Constitutional Law

14 results found

  • Code du Travail
    URL:
    Code du Travail
    Country:
    Luxembourg

    (dans sa teneur modifiée au 11 novembre 2009)

  • Constitution of Finland
    URL:
    Constitution of Finland
    Country:
    Finland

    Section 18 The right to work and the freedom to engage in commercial activity (...) No one shall be dismissed from employment without a lawful reason.

  • Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
    URL:
    Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
    Country:
    Croatia
  • Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
    URL:
    Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija
    Country:
    Lithuania

    Article 49. Every working person shall have the right to rest and leisure, as well as to annual paid leave. The length of working time shall be established by law.

  • Employment and Industrial Relations Act, Cap. 452 of the Laws of Malta, 2002
    URL:
    Employment and Industrial Relations Act 2002
    Country:
    Malta

    Part V - Termination of Contracts of Service

  • Labour Code
    URL:
    Labour Code
    Country:
    Bulgaria

    Chapter XVI - Termination of Employment Relationship deals with protection from dismissal.

  • Labour Law
    URL:
    Labour Law
    Country:
    Latvia

    Chapter 29 Protection of Employees when Terminating Employment Legal Relationships Chapter 30 Obligations of an Employer when Dismissing an Employee

  • Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija
    URL:
    Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija
    Country:
    Lithuania

    49 straipsnis. Kiekvienas dirbantis žmogus turi teisę turėti poilsį ir laisvalaikį, taip pat kasmetines mokamas atostogas. Darbo laiko trukmę apibrėžia įstatymas.

  • Luxembourg / Constitution of the Grand Ducal of Luxembourg
    URL:
    Constitution du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
    Country:
    Luxembourg

    Art. 34. La sécurité sociale, la protection de la santé et les droits des travailleurs sont réglés par la loi quant à leurs principes.

  • Portugal / Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
    URL:
    Constituição da República Portuguesa
    Country:
    Portugal

     Article 53 (Job security) The right of workers to security of employment is guaranteed. Dismissals without just cause or for political or ideological reasons are prohibited.

  • Protection of employment (exceptional collective redundancies and related matters) act 2007
    URL:
    Protection of employment (exceptional collective redundancies and related matters) act 2007
    Country:
    Ireland

    An act to make provision, consequent on the conclusion of the ten-year framework social partnership agreement 2006-2015 known as “towards 2016”, for the establishment of a redundancy panel and the reference to it of certain proposed collective redundancies and for related action by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, including the obtaining from the labour court of opinions on the nature of proposed collective redundancies; (...)

  • Slovakia / Constitution of the Slovak Republic
    URL:
    Ústava Slovenskej republiky
    Country:
    Slovakia

    Article 36 Employees have the right to just and satisfying working conditions. The law guarantees, above all (…) b) protection against arbitrary dismissal and discrimination at the work place (…).

  • Slovenia / Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia
    URL:
    Ustava Republike Slovenije
    Country:
    Slovenia

    Article 66 The state shall create opportunities for employment and work, and shall ensure the protection of both by law.

  • Suomen perustuslaki
    URL:
    Suomen perustuslaki
    Country:
    Finland

    18 § Oikeus työhön ja elinkeinovapaus (...) Ketään ei saa ilman lakiin perustuvaa syytä erottaa työstä.

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Publications and data

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  • Periodic updates / Series
    30
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  • Periodic updates / Series
    28
    May
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  • Periodic updates / Series
    8
    April
    2020

    Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications - Bulletin 1

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    5
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    2011

    Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for the European Union and its Member States

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    2010

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