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Bill: Occupational health and safety reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill proposes the withdrawal from a treaty. It will require half of the legislature to vote in favor[?]. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 3679
Description[?]:
| Working conditions should be a matter of private law, not public law. Currently the government issues countless pages and guides of regulation (in some areas ok, in others excessive, elsewhere silent on matters not yet addressed that ought to be). A centralized agency is tasked with enforcing this, but they are often unable to respond everywhere and every time, corruption can occur making them look the other way, and fines are often not enough (esp. When done inconsistently) to fully discourage. This would abolish all of this, instead workers would directly sue over issues, instead of specific guidelines it would be based of consequences ( I.e : is needless harm being caused?). As such both technical blind spots in the law and frivolous standards would be null and void. Since workers and concerned members of the community would issue grievances it will be less corrupt and be enforced more widely and consistently. This would work in terms of a class action law suit ( all affected workers can sue collectively) also the workers would benefit from the fines, not the state. Unfortunately we are bound by a treaty, and it includes some other propositions as well (we have requested discussion on the pros/cons on this but most have ignored this so now Were just putting it to a vote to force the matter to public light as well as possibly change the treaty) |
Proposals
Article 1
Withdraw from the Rights of the Workers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:51:01, June 09, 2014 CET | From | Kirlawan People's Justice Party | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | Very strongly opposed. Kirlawa's current law is simple and straightforward, and our treaty is fair and helpful. |
| Date | 04:30:05, June 09, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | "Implement and straightforward" is not enough to rebut my criticism of the errors, inefficiencies, and loop holes in the current law.... We do not deny that the treaty has some merits but that is why we are requesting further dialogue on this subject. |
| Date | 04:30:51, June 09, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | Ooc: auto correct messed up my quoting of you... |
| Date | 15:38:47, June 09, 2014 CET | From | Kirla Tea Party | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | Generally treaty was fitted to the times when it was written. With social and technology changes that occured during all these years, it has lost it's freshness and limits Kirlawa. As we can see all other countries had withdrawn from this disadvantageous treaty. Kirla Tea Party shall support the withdrawal. |
| Date | 22:54:24, June 09, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | We encourage additional voices and concerns to be heard before we try to put this to a vote. The more the merrier. |
| Date | 00:24:32, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Vanguard for Virtue & Righteousness | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | No? So be it. |
| Date | 02:52:15, June 11, 2014 CET | From | Kirlawa Liberal Party | To | Debating the Occupational health and safety reform |
| Message | Moderately opposed. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 290 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 296 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 131 |
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