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Bill: The Living Wage Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzia Socialist People's Party
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: October 4416
Description[?]:
| We the Beluzia Socialist People's Party propose that our most vulnerable comrades in any job or role are paid not just a minimum wage, which still leaves money tight each week month, but a living wage that will enable them to live comfortably and experience cultural and family life more fully. |
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 that a full time worker on it can support a family of four without falling under the poverty line.
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 shall be a minimum wage at a level considered a "living wage," well above the poverty line for a full time worker.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:29:05, June 29, 2018 CET | From | Beluzia Socialist People's Party | To | Debating the The Living Wage Act |
| Message | This bill surely has to pass. It makes common sense that people with more money in their pockets spend more, that happy workers produce more and that workers need a fair share of the profits of their labour |
| Date | 21:57:54, June 29, 2018 CET | From | Beluzia Socialist People's Party | To | Debating the The Living Wage Act |
| Message | It is clear with whose interests the BDP and Liberty Party lie. |
| Date | 11:02:19, June 30, 2018 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the The Living Wage Act |
| Message | Liberty would rather see Beluzians being trained and educated so they have the employability, skills, wherewithal to move beyond a government granted "minimum wage" or "living wage". The latter will end up putting people out of work anyway as businesses, who themselves are not "rich", struggle to meet the costs of labour. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 163 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 432 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 155 |
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