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Bill: Health & Safety
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2112
Description[?]:
| This bill will eliminate statutory health & safety requirements. Note that individuals who are injured at work would still have a cause of action against the employer if they are injured as a result of the employer's negligence, but the government has no involvement. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: The government recommends health and safety legislation, but they are not actively enforced on industry.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:38:13, September 15, 2005 CET | From |  Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Health & Safety |
| Message | We would support this bill as employees can choose to not go to employers without adequate health and safety and can sue them if they dont follow the guidelines |
| Date | 02:24:39, September 16, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Health & Safety |
| Message | We agree with the first part of the Capitalist Party's statement, but would dispute the second part. The distinction between guidelines and regulations is that the latter is actionable while the former is not. An employee could not sue a company for not following the guidelines, but the guidelines would provide (rebuttable) support for a claim of negligence if an employee were injured. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 359 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 34 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 162 |
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