Further guidance is provided by a WorkCover Code of Practice which outlines steps that can be taken to set up consultation arrangements in accordance with the Act, and the application of the powers and functions of representatives and committees (occupational health and safety law 2007).
In other countries, checks and balances seem foreign due to their weak systems. The following is an example.
In Kenya and other countries with weak legislatures, the presidential contest is a winner-take-all affair. The Luo know that they cannot hope to constrain President Kibaki with the checks and balances to be found in a system with a powerful parliament. Instead, they face a frustrating choice between subordination to the president and violently contesting his rule in the streets. The Kikuyu, Kibaki's tribe, know that they cannot relinquish the presidency peacefully without forfeiting control over policy and patronage. Tragically, in the presidential election, everything seems to be at stake (Checks and balances key to avoiding civil conflict 2008).
There are many down falls of a free economy. and, with a free economy, there is free trade, which could be a downside.
Critics...
Indeed, the EU has negotiated a number of FTAs in recent years. Critics also argue that because of differences in negotiating dynamics, FTAs between small developing countries and such large entities as the United States or the EU are likely to leave in place some trade barriers that multilateral negotiations in the absence of FTAs would eliminate. Foreign-policy and tactical considerations must be weighed alongside the economic arguments in determining whether the pursuit of FTAs is an advisable path to the goal of multilateral free trade (the Pros and Cons of Pursuing Free-Trade Agreements 2003).
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