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Bill: THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL

Details

Submitted by[?]: Labour Republican Party(LRP)

Status[?]: defeated

Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: February 4234

Description[?]:


The object of this Bill is to amend the Employment Rights Act with a view to, inter alia –
(a) creating a legal framework for the operation of –

(i) shift work by limiting the maximum number of working hours per day and the maximum number of working days per week and offering some protection to female workers before and after childbirth; and

(ii) the regime of fixed term contracts of employment to prevent employers from having recourse to such contracts abusively;

(b) extending the grant of paid annual and sick leave to workers reckoning between more than 6 months’ and less than 12 months’ continuous employment;

(c) reviewing the process of disciplinary hearing to ensure that such hearing is held in a fair and independent manner;

(d) introducing the concept of reinstatement in cases of unfair termination of employment on grounds of redundancy, discrimination and victimisation for participation in trade union activities;

(e) providing for the setting up of an independent Employment Promotion and Protection Division within the Employment Relations Tribunal to determine, within a specific time frame, whether cases of redundancy or closing down of enterprises are justified or not;

(f) providing for the payment of a death gratuity in case of death of workers reckoning more than 12 months’ continuous employment;

(g) increasing the quantum of meal allowance from 50 rupees to 70 rupees per day where a worker is required to perform more than 2 hours overtime after having completed a normal day’s work; and

(h) increasing the quantum of recycling fee from 3 days’ to 6 days’ basic wages per year of service for employees reckoning between 12 months’ and 36 months’ continuous employment.

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2. Opportunity has been taken to address the shortcomings in the Act to render its application more user-friendly.


Proposals

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

Date22:27:32, June 28, 2017 CET
From SUN
ToDebating the THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL
MessageSeeing how this legislation affects all businesses. we do not see how small businesses could afford these changes.

Secondly, our currency is the Solenar.

Date23:42:04, June 28, 2017 CET
From Labour Republican Party(LRP)
ToDebating the THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL
MessageWe should also thinks about the workers!

Date00:16:21, June 29, 2017 CET
From SUN
ToDebating the THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL
MessageIf businesses can not stay in business, they can not continue to employ their workers. Simple economics.

Date00:38:05, June 29, 2017 CET
From SUN
ToDebating the THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL
Message"h) increasing the quantum of recycling fee from 3 days’ to 6 days’ basic wages per year of service for employees reckoning between 12 months’ and 36 months’ continuous employment. "

What is a 'quantum of recycling fee?'

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
   

Total Seats: 370

no
  

Total Seats: 379

abstain

    Total Seats: 0


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