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Bill: Wages Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Popular Action Party 인기있는 행동
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: August 3473
Description[?]:
| The working people of Dranland deserve fair wages and Government action is better way to make this happen. I propose to cap the wages of high earning blood suckers to increase equality. Arnie Pembroke SJP Finance Critic |
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 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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Current: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Proposed: The government enforces a salary cap.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:33:41, April 20, 2013 CET | From |  Grand National Party | To | Debating the Wages Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, the SJP's reckless anti-business agenda will not only destroy the competitiveness of our economy, but also force companies to massively outsource jobs in order to avoid a minimum wage that would require paying any worker - regardless of his family situation - a wage that exceeds his personal needs by far and furthermore ignores every market indication about appropriate wage levels. This is a highly dangerous bill that would lead to a rapid meltdown of our prosperous economy and should be voted down forcefully by this house. Eric Wainwright MP Member for Magadonia RFR Parliamentary Leader |
| Date | 14:34:02, April 20, 2013 CET | From | Grand National Party | To | Debating the Wages Act |
| Message | OOC: Correction, he's RFR economic spokesman, not parliamentary leader. |
| Date | 16:24:02, April 20, 2013 CET | From | Dranish Conservative Party | To | Debating the Wages Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, I understand the SJP's concerns, but do not think this legislation is the right way go about meeting them. Higher wages need to be achieved by workers being better motivated, educated and trained to become more productive. Imposing an artificially high minimum wage will risk just increasing unemployment. I appreciate the reasoning behind the proposed salary cap, and I agree that some company executives are grossly overpaid. However, imposing a maximum salary is not the best way to tackle the issue. What needs to happen is that shareholders need to be more active in challenging excessive pay awards; they need to make sure that super-high salaries are only given to those who really deserve it, not to those who do not. Rafael Duvalle MP Minister of Justice |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 48 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 268 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 83 |
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