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The family and

the right to work


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Work is a foundation for the formation

of family life. It is necessary that businesses,

professional organizations, labor unions

and the State promote policies that, froman employment point of view, do not

penalize but rather support the family

nucleus. Family life and work mutually affect one

another in different ways.


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Travelling great distances to the workplace,

working two jobs, physical and

psychological fatigue all reduce the timedevoted to the family.

Situations of unemployment have material

and spiritual repercussions on families,

just as tensions and family crises have

negative influences on attitudes andproductivity in the area of work.


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WOMEN

AND THE

RIGHTTO


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The feminine

geniusisneeded in allexpressions in

the life ofsociety,therefore the

presence ofwomen in theworkplace

must also be


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The recognition

and defense ofwomens rightsin the context of

work generallydepend on theorganization ofwork, whichmust take into

account the

Ri h f i h


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Rights of women in the

workplace

is seen under the aspects of:

Pay

Insurance

Social

security


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Child labor, in its intolerable

forms, constitutes a kind of

violence that is less obvious

than others but it is not for this

reason any less terrible


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Pope Leo XIII issued the warning: in regard tochildren, great care should be taken not to place

them in workshops and factories until their

bodies and minds are sufficiently developed.

For, just as very rough weather destroys the buds

of spring, so does too early an experience of life's

hard toil blight the young promise of a child'sfaculties, and render any true education

impossible


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Church's social doctrine

condemns the increase in

"the exploitation of childrenin the workplace in

conditions of veritable

slavery".

This exploitation represents

a serious violation of human

dignity, with which every

person, "no matter howsmall or how seemingly

unimportant in utilitarian

terms",is endowed


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Immigration can be a resource fordevelopment rather than an obstacleto it.


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In the modern world, where there are stillgrave inequalities between rich countries

and poor countries, and where advances in

communications quickly reduce distances,

the immigration of people looking for better

life is on the increase.


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Institutions in host countriesmust keep careful watch toprevent the spared of the

temptation to exploit foreign

laborers, denying them the

same rights enjoyed by

nationals, rights that re to begranted to all without

discrimination.


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Regulating immigration

according to criteria of equityand balance is one of the

indispensable conditions forensuring that immigrants are

integrated into society with the

guarantees required byrecognition of their human

dignity.

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