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Bill: Child Labour Ban, December 4001
Details
Submitted by[?]: The Worker's Union (WU)
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: July 4003
Description[?]:
| OOC: I was unsure as to what definition of child labour so I will be using the wikipedia definition of "Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful." /OOC Mr Speaker, We propose a banning of child labour. The children largely do not have a say in their labour and can easily be coerced by their parents into performing labour which may be detrimental to their education or their childhood. As well as banning child labour we propose providing strict regulation as to the work children can do. Our proposal for child work regulation is as follows: Children under the age of 13 years old are forbidden from working, with an exception being made for family businesses such as restaurants, shops or farms. Children between the ages of 13 and 14 may work up to 2 hours a day outside of school hours. They are forbidden from working with machinery. Children between the ages 14 and 15 have the same restrictions but they may work up to 3 hours a day. Children between the ages 15 and 16 may work up to 3 hours a day during the week, outside of school hours, and up to 4 hours a day on a weekend. They may work with light machinery if they are trained in the use of said machinery. Children over the age of 16 may work with the same regulations as adults, with the only exception of if they are still in school. If they are in school they must not work more than 5 hours on a week day. Scott Pearson, Chairman of the Worker's Union Representative of Kragusrov |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:10:56, March 22, 2016 CET | From | Great Rutania party | To | Debating the Child Labour Ban, December 4001 |
| Message | Mr speaker, children are still able to access a childhood and an education because A,in Rutania, child labour is restricted and B, not compulsory. Children make up a large amount of our workforce and it would bring an end to many key corporations and refuse children a right to earn extra money. Let us help the economy and keep employment figures up, vote NO to banning child labour! |
| Date | 05:20:09, March 23, 2016 CET | From | The Worker's Union (WU) | To | Debating the Child Labour Ban, December 4001 |
| Message | OOC: There is a difference between child labour and child work. I am going to expand the bill description today to explain what I need. |
| Date | 12:54:09, March 23, 2016 CET | From | Green Party of Rutania | To | Debating the Child Labour Ban, December 4001 |
| Message | OOC: For 8 years of playing this game I have always assumed that "child labour" refers to exploitative labour as per the WU's definition from Wikipedia. |
| Date | 11:05:49, March 25, 2016 CET | From | Great Rutania party | To | Debating the Child Labour Ban, December 4001 |
| Message | MR speaker, now that the WU have expanded the bill description, we now support this. However this is not a ban on child labour just a reformation of it so we strongly advise the WU to change the bill title. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 246 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 46 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 208 |
| Random fact: "Jezvraljogadsrlji" means "Social" in the Jelbic languages. |
| Random quote: "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" Charles De Gaulle, "Les Mots du General |