“For a company between zero employees and 20, the only laws that apply are health and safety. When you get to 21, all of them do.”

Eric Schmidt, proposal to European policymakers · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Eric Schmidt: The Age of Agents, Superintelligence, and Why Europe Is Falling Behind

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Proposed a rule that companies with 0-20 employees are subject only to health and safety laws, avoiding other regulations until they reach 21 employees

0-20 employees threshold, 21 employees triggers full regulations

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