German Chancellor (首相) Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy (遗产) includes many of today’s social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion (怜悯) for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world’s first workers’ compensation law in 1884.By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers’ compensation insurance. America’s injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted from employer’s negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers’ compensation law in this country was passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation.After World War Ⅱ, benefit payments to American workers did not keep up with the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers’ compensation. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100 percent of the states’ average weekly wages.In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55 percent of the states’ average weekly wages in 1972 to 97 percent today. But, as most studies show, every 10 percent increase in compensation benefits results in a 5 percent increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers’ compensation system, it’s not surprising that doctors, and lawyers have helped themselves to a large slice of the growing pie. The world’s first workers’ compensation law was introduced by Bismarck ()
A. for fear of losing the support of the socialist labor movement
B. out of religious and political considerations
C. to speed up the pace of industrialization
D. to make industrial production safer
甲公司出资70%,乙公司出资30%共同设立有限责任公司丙(注册资本2000万元),双方的《投资协议》约定:丙公司董事会成员为三人,第一任董事长由乙公司推荐、财务总监由甲公司推荐;股东拒绝参加股东会会议的,不影响股东会决议的效力。请回答94—96题。 为了使丙公司为其提供贷款担保,甲公司作为股东提请召开临时股东大会,并于合法时间内通知了乙公司。乙公司和丙公司董事长均未到会。于是甲公司代表自行主持召开了临时股东会,并表决作出了为甲公司提供贷款担保的临时股东会决议。下列关于该股东会决议效力的何种说法是正确的( )
A. 该股东会提议程序违法,故决议无效
B. 该股东会召集和主持程序违法,故决议无效
C. 该股东会虽无乙公司参加,但决议仍然有效
D. 该股东会表决程序违法,故决议无效