"right to work" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹaɪt tə wɜːk/ [UK], /ɹaɪt tə wɝk/ [US] Forms: rights to work [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rights to work}} right to work (plural rights to work)
  1. (public policy, law, ethics) The human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment. Categories (topical): Ethics, Law Translations (the fundamental human right to have employment): 工作權 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作权 (gōngzuò quán) (Chinese Mandarin), recht op arbeid [neuter] (Dutch), recht op werk [neuter] (Dutch), oikeus työhön (Finnish), droit au travail [masculine] (French), Recht auf Arbeit [neuter] (German), a munkához való jog (Hungarian), diritto al lavoro [masculine] (Italian), 働く権利 (hataraku kenri) (alt: はたらくけんり) (Japanese), prawo do pracy [neuter] (Polish), пра́во на труд (právo na trud) [neuter] (Russian), derecho al trabajo [masculine] (Spanish), derecho a trabajar [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-DwA89K~O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, law, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'the fundamental human right to have employment': 86 12 3
  2. (US, public policy, law) The prohibition of union security agreements or closed shops; the prohibition of the requirement that those who take on work in a unionised shop join the union or pay it for representing them. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law Translations (prohibition of closed shops): derecho al trabajo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-63qeT3wq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 46 6 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'prohibition of closed shops': 24 74 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see right, work. Related terms: Rand formula, right to strike
    Sense id: en-right_to_work-en-noun-1xypkcbQ

Inflected forms

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