(Workers’ rights)
1. Regardless of age, sex, race, citizenship, place of origin, religion and political and ideological
convictions, every worker has the right:
a) To the remuneration of his work in accordance with its volume, nature and quality, with respect for the
principle of equal pay for equal work and in such a way as to guarantee a proper living;
b) That work be organised under conditions of social dignity and in such a way as to provide personal
fulfilment and to make it possible to reconcile work and family life;
c) To work in conditions that are hygienic, safe and healthy;
d) To rest and leisure time, a maximum limit on the working day, a weekly rest period and periodic paid
holidays;
e) To material assistance when he involuntarily finds himself in a situation of unemployment;
f) To assistance and fair reparation when he is the victim of a work-related accident or occupational
illness.
2. The state is charged with ensuring the working, remuneratory and rest-related conditions to which
workers are entitled, particularly by:
a) Establishing and updating a national minimum wage which, among other factors, shall have regard to
workers’ needs, increases in the cost of living, the level of development of the forces of production, the
demands of economic and financial stability, and the accumulation of capital for development purposes;
b) Setting national limits on working hours;
c) Especially protecting the work done by women during pregnancy and following childbirth, as well as
the work done by minors, the disabled and those whose occupations are particularly strenuous or are
undertaken in unhealthy, toxic or dangerous conditions;
d) In cooperation with social organisations, ensuring the systematic development of a network of rest and
holiday centres;
e) Protecting emigrant workers’ working conditions and guaranteeing their social benefits;
f) Protecting student workers’ working conditions.
3. Salaries shall enjoy special guarantees, as laid down by law.
Article 60
(Consumer rights)
1. Consumers have the right to the good quality of the goods and services consumed, to training and
information, to the protection of health, safety and their economic interests, and to reparation for
damages.
2. Advertising shall be disciplined by law and all forms of concealed, indirect or fraudulent advertising
are prohibited.
3. Consumers’ associations and consumer cooperatives have the right, as laid down by law, to receive
support from the state and to be consulted in relation to consumer-protection issues, and are accorded
legitimatio ad causam in defence of their members or of collective or general interests.