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Employment-Restricted Self-Exclusion Order Act 2025

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Employment-Restricted Self-Exclusion Order Act 2025

Tied on 5 December 2025, then tie broken and signed on 11 December 2025.

An Act to establish a specialized form of Self-Exclusion Order that restricts employment only.

Article 1: Definitions

§1. “Self-Exclusion Order” or “SEO” carries the meaning set forth in Article 2 of the Touch Grass Act.

§2. “Employment-Restricted Self-Exclusion Order” or “ER-SEO” is a type of self-exclusion order that only prohibits the person from holding any official job, office, or government position during its duration.

§3. Any governmental or appointed position within SimDemocracy, including, but not limited to, positions within the Cabinet, Ministries, Agencies, Judiciary, SDBI, SAO, Senate, or Executive positions, unless specifically exempted below.

Article 2: Authority to Issue an ER-SEO

§1. An ER-SEO may be voluntarily requested by the person.

§2. No ER-SEO shall be issued without the clear, informed consent of the person.

§3. An ER-SEO may be no shorter than one (1) week and no longer than six (6) months;

§4. A person, as would occur with a regular SEO, must designate a contact.

Article 3: Effects of an ER-SEO

§1. While under an ER-SEO, a person may not hold any government job or office, may not apply for such positions, must temporarily vacate any office held, and shall be given the role “Do Not Employ”.

§1.1. When an ER-SEO begins the person’s position becomes temporarily vacant, succession or interim appointment rules apply as if the person were on leave, and all rights to the position are restored at the end of the ER-SEO, unless incompatible with election results, procedural rules, or the ER-SEO exceeds two (2) weeks. However, if the ER-SEO exceeds two (2) weeks then they all must resign all positions before taking the ER-SEO.

§2. An ER-SEO cannot ban a person, mute a person, or affect their ability to participate, message, debate, or vote, outside it being related to having a job.

§3. A Senator or President must resign from their senatorship or presidency to take an ER-SEO.

Article 4: Enforcement

§1. The SDBI, by working with and regularly updating the treasurer, shall enforce ER-SEOs and ensure individuals with the Do Not Employ role do not have any roles or jobs.

Article 5: Recordkeeping

§1. ER-SEOs are recorded as SEOs under Touch Grass Article 2, §3, labeled as “Employment-Restricted SEO (ER-SEO)”.

Article 6: Compatibility with the Touch Grass Act

§1. All provisions of Article 2 of the Touch Grass Act apply to ER-SEOs unless expressly inconsistent with their non-ban, non-mute nature.

§2. The protections in Touch Grass Act §4 regarding legal proceedings apply fully to ER-SEOs.

§3. The protections against legal proceedings or prosecution provided in Touch Grass Act, Article 4, §4 and §6 shall not apply to ER-SEO.

Article 7: Effective Date

§1. This Act shall take effect immediately upon passage.