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Bill: Lohnobergrenzenreform, 3624
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberale Volkspartei
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: September 3624
Description[?]:
| Herr Präsident, as agreed upon in the coalition agreement, I hereby propose abolishing compulsory salary caps to the Imperial Diet, as a means of allowing for greater entrepreneurial autonomy, and therefore as a positive side effect incentivizing the foundation of new businesses as well. As the coalition believes that voluntary co-operation between unions and employers is still a desirable business practice, this bill also establishes tax deductions for those corporations who continue to define maximum wages for their employees through negotiation with unions. The deduction allows for taxing money saved by the company through below-market level salary agreements for executive and other high-paid staff at the level of the general corporate tax of 25% instead of the personal income tax level for high-earners, which would be signficantly higher. Sepp Holzinger, MdR LVP-Mitrania Wirtschaftsminister |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on a salary cap.
Old value:: Labour unions and organizations of employers negotiate a salary cap.
Current: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Proposed: The government has no stance on a salary cap.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:08:47, February 18, 2014 CET | From |  Solidarität | To | Debating the Lohnobergrenzenreform, 3624 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, This legislation will legitimise a culture of paying exorbitant salaries and bonuses to executives who have done little to deserve them. The sponsors of this Bill reveal themselves to be on the side of the rich fat cats, not of the ordinary working man and woman. Max Siegel MdR Chairman of Solidarity Leader of the Opposition |
| Date | 00:49:39, February 18, 2014 CET | From | Liberale Volkspartei | To | Debating the Lohnobergrenzenreform, 3624 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, if a company pays "exorbitant salaries and bonuses" to people who don't deserve them because of their lack of skills or achievement, then we can expect it to be headed for losses or even bankruptcy after only a short time. People who earn large salaries do so for a reason most of the time, and where this is not the case, the market punishes irrational corporate wage policies. Sepp Holzinger, MdR LVP-Mitrania Wirtschaftsminister |
| Date | 09:58:39, February 18, 2014 CET | From | Nationales Bürgerforum (NBF) | To | Debating the Lohnobergrenzenreform, 3624 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, we do not support the government's excessive emphasis on the welfare of the well-off. They can look after themselves. However, viewed in isolation, we support this policy, and we will therefore give it our votes, but we must register our strong disapproval and disappointment in the government's policy bias. Edith Strötzel MdR NBF Fraktionsvorsitzende |
| Date | 09:58:40, February 18, 2014 CET | From | Nationales Bürgerforum (NBF) | To | Debating the Lohnobergrenzenreform, 3624 |
| Message | Herr Präsident, we do not support the government's excessive emphasis on the welfare of the well-off. They can look after themselves. However, viewed in isolation, we support this policy, and we will therefore give it our votes, but we must register our strong disapproval and disappointment in the government's policy bias. Edith Strötzel MdR NBF Fraktionsvorsitzende |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 496 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 147 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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