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Bill: Minimum Wage Act 4380
Details
Submitted by[?]: White Rose
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 4381
Description[?]:
| Be it enacted by the Emperor's most Excellent Majesty, by the advice of his most loyal servants in this present Diet assembled, as follows:— |
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 single full time worker on it can adequately subsist.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:27:00, April 19, 2018 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, A minimum wage is a race to the bottom with most companies offering the bear minimum, it is time for meritocracy. Frederick Stinson Deputy Leader of the Royalists |
| Date | 02:37:39, April 19, 2018 CET | From | Moralist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, And what happens in a race to the bottom where the bottom is zero? Luke Schiltz Party Chairman, Moralist Party |
| Date | 02:40:55, April 19, 2018 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Corporations will compete for the best employees and skilled labour will of course be worth more than unskilled work which may pay less, but businesses are not about to start offering menial pay just because they are not required to set a minimum. Frederick Stinson Deputy Leader of the Royalists |
| Date | 03:46:13, April 19, 2018 CET | From | Moralist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, If the government does not ensure that workers are receiving a livable wage, then it is bound to become a culture of poverty, contrasted with a small percentage of people making up a rich elite. Now that corporate tax has been abolished, we are all the more dependent on income tax to fund our budget, and if workers are making less taxable income on average with corporations reaping the monetary gains, then it is a lose-lose for us, because we will experience the loss of income tax revenue and will not receive any benefit from the increased corporate money flow. Luke Schiltz Party Chairman, Moralist Party |
| Date | 06:19:49, April 19, 2018 CET | From | Hosian Democratic Union | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, While we agree that our current minimum wage laws are not the best policy we cannot agree with the administration's view that abolishing the minimum wage will initiate a meritocracy, the minimum wage should be set at a level that one can survive, not necessarily well above the poverty line but without a minimum wage the people of the empire will be made to suffer while the rich get richer off their hard work. Dr. Thomas Mercer HDU National Committee Member |
| Date | 23:40:44, April 19, 2018 CET | From | White Rose | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Me Speaker, We recognise the sentiment expressed, and will retain a minimum wage. |
| Date | 01:24:48, April 20, 2018 CET | From | Moralist Party | To | Debating the Minimum Wage Act 4380 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The Moralist Party supports the amended version of this proposal. Luke Schiltz Party Chairman, Moralist Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 665 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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