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Bill: Minimum Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2121
Description[?]:
| A bill that will give Baltusians an adequate income but will also provide incentive to not be on the limited welfare program. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There is no provision for a minimum wage.
Current: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
Proposed: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:44:26, September 30, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | We will support this Bill, however we do not consider this to be adequate for the needs of the workers. Single parent families would be put at a severe disadvantage when faced with one income which can adequately sustain one person. The RSA feels that this must be hightened to make it a 'living wage'. |
| Date | 12:14:06, October 01, 2005 CET | From |  National Party of Baltusia | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | We would agree with the RSA here. Too many people would go needing. |
| Date | 12:16:31, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | My apologies, forgot to post the alternatives: *There is no provision for a minimum wage. *There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist. *There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line. *There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker. |
| Date | 12:18:57, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | The issue with the family of four option is that is there a different minimum wage for the single or married but no kids workers? Additionally, can our economy (the 32nd largest by GDP) sustain such an increase in costs? |
| Date | 19:13:43, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | I think we can sustain the increase. I think it's undeniable that workers will work harder and be more diliagant if they recognise that they are getting a fair deal, and are not getting exploited. This in turn, increases our productivity levels, and therefore more income to the country, more foreign investment, etc. In the current capitalist system, it makes sense. Of course it's super for the socialist cause as well. |
| Date | 02:29:58, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | "I think it's undeniable that workers will work harder and be more diliagant if they recognise that they are getting a fair deal, and are not getting exploited." I would counter that by saying the lower-end of the payscale no longer have an incentive to work hard, as they realise they have a nice soft landing cushion. |
| Date | 17:04:21, October 03, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | The proposed value makes sense; it is not a national wage, it is a minimum wage. We would expect many, if not the overwhelming majority of the workforce, to be paid at a level above this. The legal minimum is needed to ensure exploitation - it need not be set too high, at a level where there is no incentive to work harder and move up the scale of employment. |
| Date | 04:38:44, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | "The legal minimum is needed to ensure exploitation" Hilarious... Missing words aside, we agree and so shall move it to vote. |
| Date | 05:24:42, October 04, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | ..... *bangs head* LOL Yes, well hopefully the context made clear the intended message :-) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 357 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 109 |
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