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Leo XIII: Working people

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The Eleven Laws of Protection for the Working People by Leo XIII (1891):

1.      The right to rest on Sunday connected to religious observation.

2.   The right of the worker to be protected from the cruelty of men of greed.

3.   The right to work a reasonable number of hours.

4.    The right to rest and break based on job requirement and season.

5.   The right of women to have a job according to their strength.

6.    The right of children to have a proper developed body and mind before starting their working life.

7.     The right to leisure proportional to the wear and tear of his strength.

8.    The right to a decent wage to support at least a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.

9.    The need to have social agents to regulate and intervene in clear cases of injustice and the role of the state to sanction and protect.

10.   The right to earn enough for himself, his wife and children and to save money.

11.  The right to ownership and private property.

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