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Bill: Minimum Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: March 2844
Description[?]:
| Whilst accepting that differing jobs require differing pay rates in order to both encourage people to expand their abilities and improve their quality of life, whilst also accepting that people should not be forced to work for wages that are akin to slave rates, whilst also taking into account the requirement to guarantee the survival of private enterprise, the Government will modify Minimum Wage regulations on all companies. The minimum wage is allocated on a per hour basis. All workers within the Imperium are entitled to such minimums in order to maintain quality of life. Any employer deciding to employ workers at above minimum wage will not be penalised nor effected by this legislation in so far as all employees paid at above these levels. Self employed persons may continue to pay their own wages at whatever level they choose, however any person employed by them will be effected by this legislation. Minimum wage: -18 - 3.50 HCR per hour (as defined by the Young Persons Employment Act) 18 - 21 - 4 HCR per hour 21+ - 4.50 HCR per hour |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
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 | 19:55:39, November 05, 2009 CET | From | Conservative Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act |
| Message | The CNP is fully in favor of the WSS!P's Minimum Wage Act. We recognize that the private market does not always provide for the lower end income brackets in Hobrazia. With that said, however, the previous minimum wage enacted by the Christian Socialists was too extreme and it greatly hurt the ability of small local firms to compete, whilst raising prices across the board for Hobrazian consumers. The WSS!P's proposal is an adequate compromise. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 131 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 186 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 83 |
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