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Bill: Business Support Act.
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation
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: July 4343
Description[?]:
| People of the Kongres, To expand our economy and leave room for more businesses to grow, we must reform laws that are currently hurting our businesses and are a distraction to productivity. Trade Unions have no right to meddle with how businesses are run and encourage laziness and taking time off work to get pay rises, even if some people don’t deserve them. The perfect minimum wage is 0.00 SAD. With higher costs for hiring workers, businesses often reduce hiring quotas (refusing to hire people with no experience, a lack of skills, or no formal education). Without a minimum wage, businesses will hire more people, including those with little skills so that they can train them up and improve their working ethics, reducing unemployment dramatically. Positive discrimination is a form of racism and some children are born to work in blue-collar jobs and don’t need to go to schools that teach them useless things that they don’t need to know or will struggle to understand. Let’s grow our economy by passing this bill and put Saridan First! Brandon Holley Secretary of Economic Growth |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is forbidden.
Current: Child labour is forbidden.
Proposed: Child labour is allowed and it is subjected to the same regulations as adult labour.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards labor unions.
Old value:: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Current: Trade unions may exist and worker membership is voluntary.
Proposed: Trade unions are illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on minimum wage regulation.
Old value:: There shall be a minimum wage at a level that a single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
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 is no provision for a minimum wage.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Policy on monopolies (this general law is superceded by other laws relating to specific parts of the economy).
Old value:: Monopolies are only actively enforced in specific sectors of the economy.
Current: Monopolies are forbidden, and are actively broken up.
Proposed: There is no policy on monopolies, they are unregulated.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change A law on employers' obligations with regards to social security contributions.
Old value:: Only large enterprises are required to cover payroll contributions for their employees.
Current: Payroll contributions are not mandatory but the government grants tax incentives to providers.
Proposed: Payroll contributions are not mandatory but the government grants tax incentives to providers.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Positive discrimination.
Old value:: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Current: The government does not regulate hiring policies.
Proposed: No form of positive discrimination is permitted.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Secondary strike action.
Old value:: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Current: Any trade union can go on a sympathy strike in support of other striking workers.
Proposed: Secondary strike action is illegal. Workers and unions can only go on strike for their own pay and conditions.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Trade union strike ballots.
Old value:: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, majority approval of those that vote is needed from its members.
Current: Trade unions are not required by law to hold a ballot before striking.
Proposed: Trade unions must by law hold a ballot of all members before going on strike, a majority of all members, regardless of if they vote or not must approve the strike action.
Article 9
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on Democratic Workers' Councils.
Old value:: The government requires most industries to be fully run by Democratic Workers' Councils.
Current: The government encourages the formation of Democratic Workers' Councils through subsidies and tax exemptions.
Proposed: Democratic Workers' Councils are not permitted to run a business.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:05:21, February 03, 2018 CET | From |  Die Liberale Unie | To | Debating the Business Support Act. |
| Message | We agree with some, but not enough to vote Yes. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 201 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 154 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others." - Ambrose Bierce |