Youth Employment Standards Act of 2017
Rationale
This change balances youth development with early work experience, allowing 16-17-year-olds protected employment while ensuring no child labor under 16.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Child Labour Law |
No employment of any kind until age 18
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Employment permitted from age 16 with restrictions; no work under 16
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Child Labour LawProposer
Party
Popular Action Of Society
PAS is a reformist center-left economic party with a patriotic orientation and balanced social values. It supports national development, labor protection, a mixed economy, and social cohesion, promoting stability, responsability, and national identity
Core pillars
Beatrice Walker
Activist · Age 61
Once a philanthropist funding grassroots movements, Beatrice Walker abandoned high-society comfort to enter politics after witnessing corporate exploitation firsthand, wielding her wealth like a shield to keep her ideals—and her rhetoric—unyielding.
Timeline
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Draft7 August 2017
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Vote Open7 August 2017
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Vote Closed6 October 2017
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Became Law6 October 2017
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
House of Representatives
PassedFor: 184 / 435 seats (42.3%)
Against: 31 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 220
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian Populists | 22 | Yes | No reason given |
| Popular Action Of Society Proposer | 103 | Yes | No reason given |
| Progressive Alliance For Tomorrow (PAT) | 59 | Yes | No reason given |
| Technocrats Of Broadlands | 31 | No | No reason given |
Senate
PassedFor: 42 / 100 seats (42.0%)
Against: 7 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 51
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian Populists | 5 | Yes | No reason given |
| Popular Action Of Society Proposer | 24 | Yes | No reason given |
| Progressive Alliance For Tomorrow (PAT) | 13 | Yes | No reason given |
| Technocrats Of Broadlands | 7 | No | No reason given |
| Empty seats | 6 | Not voted |
Presidency
PassedFor: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Action Of Society Proposer | 1 | Yes | No reason given |