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Bill: Employment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Ducal Delegation
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: June 2198
Description[?]:
| The government should not interfere in how private organisations go about selecting their staff. This is a business choice which should be made by business people; the government should not be involved! If companies want to apply positive discrimination, why shouldn't they? Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Current: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Proposed: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:49:49, March 11, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Employment Act |
| Message | No. This would lead to companies discriminating on the grounds of sex, race, religion and sexuality, none of which affect a person's ability to work in any way. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 201 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 300 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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