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Bill: Working Day Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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 2884
Description[?]:
This Act wil remove the government's say over daily 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 | 19:51:50, January 24, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Working Day Act |
Message | The Prime Minister: Mr Speaker, if an individual wishes to work from 8am - 8pm, at entirely his own choice, whether that is to provide for his family, or simply because he is self-employed and wishes to make the best of his business, why should the government prevent that? This is not an area that government should be concerning itself with. |
Date | 20:32:38, January 24, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Working Day Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, as far as we know, the rules about working days only apply to salaried individuals, not the self-employed. The danger is in a very long working day becoming standard in some industries, and giving workers no choice if they want to work fewer than twelve, fourteen, or even sixteen hours a day. We support a return to union negotiation, to allow individual circumstances to dictate the working hours instead of a government bureau. |
Date | 20:43:55, January 24, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Working Day Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, where in the legislation does it dictate that this legislation does not apply to the self-employed. As far as we are aware, this is a blanket regulation, that applies to all. In any case, there are salaried individuals that desire to work long days, and the government should not stand in their way. It has nothing to do with unions or the government - it is a matter between the employee and the employer in the first instance. Of course, if these things are forced, then it is a different matter altogether, but voluntary arrangements should not be legislated upon. |
Date | 03:22:24, January 25, 2010 CET | From | Union of Radical Republicans (UM) | To | Debating the Working Day Act |
Message | Mr. Speaker, this law as it currently stands does not prevent an employee from taking on overtime work voluntarily, but restricts the maximum number of hours an employee can be required by management to work. The URR, too, would support a devolution of this to negotiations between labor and management but urges the House to remember those aided by blanket legislation: agricultural workers in western Kenai, shopgirls in Sutton, driving instructors in Bekenial, all trying to provide for their families and be there for them when their shift ends. |
Date | 11:02:10, January 25, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Working Day Act |
Message | Mr Speaker, perhaps the gentleman from the URR could point us to the legislation that says that employees can take overtime voluntarily. We may have simply overlooked this, but were not aware that such a condition was placed in legislation. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 135 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 256 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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