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Bill: Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2601
Description[?]:
| An act to remove restrictions on working hours. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards daily working hours.
Old value:: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Current: Daily working hours are regulated by the government.
Proposed: The government has no policy concerning daily working hours.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:57:56, July 01, 2008 CET | From |  Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | If a person wants to work 12 hours a day, or they want to work 4 hours a day, that is their choice. The government is not there to regulate and control every aspect of a person's life. What's next? Regulating how much time we can spend watching television. Perhaps regulating the amount of time people spend in bed each day. It's all unacceptable. |
| Date | 13:40:34, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | WOW!!! Just wow! Shall we institute Unregulated Child Labor Law next because that is where we are heading for with such acts like this one. |
| Date | 13:42:14, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | That is a separate law, let's discuss that if a party proposes it. |
| Date | 14:01:05, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | I see you missed what I was saying. This should not have been proposed in the first place. This will overwork the people of our nation. There will be no compensation for overtime with this law. In fact, there is no overtime period. This will set the workers rights movement back. |
| Date | 14:03:16, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | If a person doesn't like their job, perhaps they could, you know, get a new one? We have unions too after all, let them deal with things. |
| Date | 15:00:15, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | And you do not think that the unions will object to this. This is a slap in their face. The unions were formed as a bastion against the owners who abused their workers by forcing them to work longer hours with no additional pay. It would not matter if they get a new job Judicial Union, the work hours will be about the same regardless of where they go. |
| Date | 15:21:25, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | That's not true at all. Nobody is "forced" to work. We have great social security which ensures nobody is left without any money coming in. If their employer wants them to work hours that are unacceptable to them, they can just quit, and find a job who won't do that. And there will be such jobs, the free market dictates it. |
| Date | 17:16:07, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | So you want people to sponge off the government? That's your idea? |
| Date | 19:24:05, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | Nay, opposed |
| Date | 02:36:48, July 03, 2008 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Labour (Working Hours) Abolition Act |
| Message | Score another for the workers. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 162 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 258 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
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