BE IT ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FIRESTONE CONGRESS* HERE ASSEMBLED THAT:
PREAMBLE: Due to the poorly written legislation [A Bill to Protect Applications] this act is being created to finalize said legislation with more specifics.
§1: This act shall be cited as the “Protection of Applicants Act of 2019” formally.
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§1.1: “A Bill to Protect Applicants” shall be nullified and repealed.
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§1.2: "A Bill to Protect Applicants shall be defined as A Bill to Protect Applicants
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§1.3: An applicant shall be defined as; an individual who has applied for a Government department.
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§1.4: An application shall be defined as; A formal way to apply for a department.
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§1.5: An employer shall be defined as; department officials who are in charge of checking application or lead a department.
§2: Applicants who wish to join a department, and or have applied for a department, may ask questions about how to be employed to admission offices and or employers without having to fear blacklist.
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§2.1: Applicants may be permitted to ask the status of their application if department policy allows it and or one (1) week has passed; seven (7) days.
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§2.2: Should an applicant’s application be declined the applicant reserves the ability to ask an employer as to why the application failed; the employer shall be obliged to answer. Though this privilege may not be abused, an applicant may only ask an employer a maximum of two (2) times about the status of an application.
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§2.2A: An employer who did not decline/review the applicant’s application will not be obliged to answer as to why the application was declined; though the employer is obliged to direct the applicant to the individual whom declined the applications.
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§2.3: Applicants shall be allowed to re-apply for any department as many times as they wish; unless the application is blacklisted from the said department or restrictions are set within the department. Further, an applicant must wait one (1) week before attempting to re-apply to a department if their previous application was declined.
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§2.4: An applicant may decline a position that they had previously applied for if they wish to do so; without having to fear the possibility of a blacklist.
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§2.5: Should an applicant be accepted into a department, the applicant must have been in a department for at least one (1) week before they are eligible to be terminated from the department; though this does not restrict suspensions/punishments. This section will permit the applicant a “probation-period” for mistakes. However, the applicant may be terminated if they are found guilty of a crime within a trial. However, should an applicant fail any sort of exam they must be required to pass to be promoted they may be terminated from the department.
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§2.6: Should an employer violate any of the statues set within this act they may be sued within the court of law for a violation of “Protection of the Applicants Act of 2019”. Should an employer be found guilty the courts may decide a suitable punishment; which may not exceed: one (1) hour of jail-time, suspension within the said department, POST certification suspension, any other punishment must be cleared with the Governor of the State of Firestone before it may be given to an employer.
§3: This act shall be enforced by the Governor of the State of Firestone.
§4: This legislation shall go into effect upon passing both chambers of Congress and being signed by the Governor.
Respectfully submitted to the Congress of the State of Firestone,
Chief Sponsor(s):
Representative, Rinextel
Co-Sponsor(s):