1. "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable working conditions and to protection against unemployment."
2. "All have the right, without discrimination of any kind, to equal pay for equal work."
3. "Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means
of social protection."
4. "Everyone has the right to form and to join professional associations for the protection of his interests."
Explanation of Article 23
This article regulates a wide range of rights in the field of work. First and foremost, it states the right to work. However, when they adopted the declaration, the states were aware that this
right cannot be enforced in court, as a judge cannot assign jobs or create new jobs. However, states are obliged to direct their policies towards preventing unemployment as far as possible. The
state must also act to ensure that a wage can ensure a human existence for the worker and his or her family. For example, it can set a minimum wage. If necessary, it is obliged to provide
additional benefits to ensure survival, as is the case with social assistance. However, the minimum wage and other benefits depend heavily on the general standard of living in the country in
question.
On the other hand, other provisions, such as the freedom to choose a profession, are certainly enforceable: therefore, no one may be forced to accept work or take up professions that he or she
rejects: this would be illegal forced labor. Likewise, the right to receive the same pay for the same work can be asserted. Finally, the declaration protects the right to form and join trade
unions in order to assert one's interests vis-à-vis the employer.