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Bill: Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Left Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: December 4387
Description[?]:
| We believe the freedom to seek gainful employment should extend to those below the age of majority. GLP-001/1: A person aged 14 may work in a family business GLP-001/2: A person aged 15 may work at any business with written permission from their parents GLP-001/3: Persons aged 16 and older may work for any business. GLP-001/4: Persons below the age of adulthood may not be rostered to work more than 4 hours in a day, or 20 hours in a week, whichever is lower. GLP-001/5: Persons below the age of adulthood may not be employed in a workplace classified as Dangerous (classification to be defined by the Ministry for Industry & Trade). GLP-001/6: Persons below the age of adulthood may not be rostered to work during hours normally occupied by formal education, unless part of a Vocational Training programme organised by their enrolled educational institution (Vocational Training Framework to be regulated by the Ministry for Education and Culture). This proposed legislation is in full accord with relevant international statute (see International Terran Bank treaty). Beau Marlowe, Green Left Spokesperson for Education and Culture Geordie Knock, Leader of the Green Left Party |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:03:07, May 01, 2018 CET | From | Ultrackian Communist Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr speaker this bill is a travesty that should never be passed, we will vote no |
| Date | 01:52:40, May 01, 2018 CET | From | New Liberal Party of Hutori | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker: The New Liberals will not support this bill. We hope the Green Left will not even bring this bill to the floor. The idea of child labor cannot be normalized. Russell Selwyn MP for Sutton East Leader of the New Liberal Party |
| Date | 04:37:04, May 01, 2018 CET | From | Green Left Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, May I ask that my colleagues in the USH and NLP elaborate on their concerns? As current legislation stands, a 16-year-old who wishes to seek a part-time job on the weekend must only deal with employers willing to break the law. We of the GLP recognise that there is a vast difference between the realities of 10-year-olds exploited by unethical factories, and high-schoolers undertaking paid vocational training to secure their futures. Our law presently treats these as one and the same, and must be updated to reflect the reality. Beau Marlowe Green Left Spokesperson for Education and Culture |
| Date | 05:03:49, May 01, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I think the concerns that everyone has with this bill is that without laying out what regulations there will be, companies will be able to exploit children. Before going forward with this bill the conservative party suggests outlining in the bill description what the regulations will be. We suggest that they be that a person aged 14 may work in a family business, a person aged 15 may work at any business with written permission from their parents, and persons aged 16 and older may work for any business. Pascale Rousseau Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Date | 01:31:07, May 02, 2018 CET | From | Green Left Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We agree with my Mr. Rosseau that the bill will require further amendment to secure the protections intended in the spirit of the bill. (OOC quick question: in Hutori do we call the portfolios of Cabinet ministers "Ministries", "Departments", or something else?) |
| Date | 02:30:40, May 02, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | OOC: We call them Ministries |
| Date | 02:33:38, May 02, 2018 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the Bill GLP-001 : Paper Route Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We thank the honorable member from the GLP for taking our concerns into consideration and outlining the regulations in the bill. We will support this bill. Pascale Rousseau Leader of the Conservative Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 156 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 258 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 191 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways." - Buddha |