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[[Category:Legislation]] [[Category:Economic Law]]
== Preamble ==
Whereas, In order to boost the economy, and to maintain the high standards and pride in the work that the government does, it is necessary that one person not have many different government jobs.
THE SENATE OF SIM DEMOCRACY PROCLAIMS
== Article 1: Provisions ==
§1. This bill will come into effect one (1) week after it is passed by the Senate.

§2. A unique individual is defined in the context of this bill as: “one who does not already hold an unelected government job.”
== Article 2: Fair Employment ==
§1. Government jobs are to be handed out to as many qualified unique individuals as possible, without necessitating the creation of new positions.

:§1.1. It is to be expected that a reasonable attempt to find qualified unique individuals is made.

::§1.1.1. A reasonable attempt shall be a public advertisement in a place like the jobs board described in Jobs Marketplace Act. The advert shall remain posted long enough to allow sufficient applications while ensuring fairness across time zones.

:§1.2. If no qualified unique individuals are found to have applied to a government job, this shall not apply.

:§1.3. This shall not apply to temporary positions in times of war or other national emergencies.

:§1.4. This shall not apply to elected positions.

:§1.5. This shall not apply to reserve status positions of the SDAF.

::§1.5.1. Unless defined in any other place, a reserve status position is defined as an unpaid position in the SDAF with only routine check-ins.

§2. Those who employ any qualified non-unique individual in a government job when qualified unique individuals have applied to the position shall be unable to perform hiring decisions while their trial is ongoing.

:§2.1. If found guilty of having violated this bill, an individual may not make hiring decisions for at most one (1) week.

:§2.2. Anyone employed in this manner will retain their new government job until they are removed, fired, retired, resigned, quit, or otherwise dismissed in a way not covered in this bill.

::§2.2.1. Those who, at the time of the passing of this bill, hold multiple government jobs will not be expected to be dismissed from their current jobs.

§3. An individual may be employed by both private enterprises and the government simultaneously.