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37D - Everyone has the right to spend time at rest and leisure. In order to provide this right to each employed person, the maximum number of working hours have to be determined as well as the length of paid holidays.
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CEDAW - 35
The State party should: (a) Take measures to enhance awareness among women employees, including migrant women, about the provisions of the Employment Act, in particular on sexual harassment, and about remedies available to protect their rights; (b) Provide sex-disaggregated data on the position of women in the labour market and reduce the gender pay gap, including by addressing occupational sex segregation and enforcing the principle of equal pay for work of equal value; (c) Design and implement public policies to extend social protection coverage to women in the informal economy and self-employed women; (d) Address obstacles preventing women from entering the labour market by implementing measures to promote the reconciliation of family and work responsibilities of women and men; (e) Regulate and monitor the working conditions of migrant women employed as domestic workers in order to protect them from exploitative labour, through increased inspections and the imposition of fines on abusive employers; (f) Promote opportunities for women to seek employment in the tourism sector.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenÂ
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