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Bill: End Child Labor
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leviathan Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2324
Description[?]:
This bill will create the following regulations for labor by individuals under the age of 21. 1) No child under 13 may be employed. 2) No child may be employed for more than 10 hours a week. 3) Employers must obtain written consent from at least one parent for the child to work. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 04:00:27, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | We feel that employment of teens in well regulated conditions can contribute to their education and development. (OOC: the exact definition of child labour has not been nailed down when this bill was introduced thus we have interpeted it to mean any employment by non-adults) |
Date | 12:47:36, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Leftsocialist Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | (OOC: yea, it seems there has been a lot of debate about what child labour means...) We support. |
Date | 20:54:44, November 30, 2006 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | Given this, we would like to modify our proposal to clearly define what those additional regulations are. We suggest the following regulations: 1) No child under 13 may be employed. 2) No child may be employed for more than 10 hours a week. 3) Employers must obtain written consent from at least one parent for the child to work. If these are amenable we will remove our policy proposal and change this bill to codify those regulations. |
Date | 15:44:59, December 01, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | We support the first regulation. The second we feel should be a sliding scale based on age, there is no reason why a 20 yr old cannot work more then 10 hrs, provided that they are balancing it with their schooling. We propose an upper limit of 20 hrs a wk. Perhaps 5 hrs for 13-14, 10 for 15-16, 15 for 17-18, and 20 for 19-20 yr olds. The third provision we support. |
Date | 03:00:04, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Malivia Democratic Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | I don't support the proposal as it is now, but do support Levi's suggested regulations on child labor. |
Date | 09:48:22, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | We fail to see why, as the academic demands of education grow, that students would be able to work more, not fewer, hours. If education is our number one priority we should follow through with that stance, and not allow irresponsible parents to allow their children to neglect their education in pursuit of a few quick pliny. We stand by the ten hour requirement. |
Date | 17:07:21, December 03, 2006 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the End Child Labor |
Message | As a student gets older , they should be free to increase their independance. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||
yes | Total Seats: 85 | |||
no | Total Seats: 115 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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