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Bill: Laborer Protection Act of 2789
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Beluzia and Bailon
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: December 2789
Description[?]:
| RECOGNIZING the need to provide additional protection for the right of laborers to a decent life, RECOGNIZING the lack of such legal protections for such right, THIS ACT seeks to establish a decent standard for minimum wage, which would protect laborers' rights to a decent life. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Guarantee of minimum income.
Old value:: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Current: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a very basic subsistence income by the government.
Proposed: All adults not supported by another person shall be guaranteed a reasonable, though not high, standard of living by the government.
Article 2
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 single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:36:18, July 20, 2009 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Laborer Protection Act of 2789 |
| Message | Minimum wages necessarily create inflation and reduce jobs, causing the actual wages paid to go down, adjusted for inflation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 51 | |
| no | Total Seats: 49 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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