SENATE BILL: Paid Time Off Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To establish federal baselines for requiring businesses to provide paid time off to employees.

Be it enacted in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Paid Time Off Act

Section 1. Definitions
1. Employers - companies that employ 50 or more employees
2. Full-time employee - employees who work a minimum of 40 hours per week.

Section 2. Paid Time Off
1. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide 5 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
2. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide 10 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
3. Employers are permitted and encouraged to exceed these baseline requirements.
4. Regional governments are permitted to increase these baseline requirements in their region

People's Regional Senate
Pending

Sponsor: Devout Centrist for the President
Senate Designation: SB18:15

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to commence an advocacy for the above legislation, all other members have an additional 48 hours in which to post their initial comments questions and concerns.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I support this, especially since my employer keeps curtailing the accrual rate and has basically eliminated it for any part-timer who has been employed less than three years.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To establish federal baselines for requiring businesses to provide paid time off to employees.

Be it enacted in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Paid Time Off Act

Section 1. Definitions
1. Employers - companies that employ 50 or more employees
2. Full-time employee - employees who work a minimum of 3540 hours per week.

Section 2. Paid Time Off
1. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide 5 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
2. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide 10 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
3. Employers are permitted and encouraged to exceed these baseline requirements.
4. Regional governments are permitted to increase these baseline requirements in their region

People's Regional Senate
Pending

Sponsor Feedback: Friendly
Status: Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

TBH this actually makes me want to change up the rules for employees working full time. It really shouldn't be a sudden "welfare" cliff situation at 40 hours which dissuades employers from hiring one for 40 hours.

That is a very good point, since it would naturally incline employers to double down on the "OMG NO 40 HRS", one hears constantly especially in retail and similar sectors.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment is adopted.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Quick someone call Encke and Shua

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Lets not let this debate slip away from us like the others, lets keep it hot.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What if we do something like this..

companies that have 50 or more people working for them have to in their first year of working at the companies (after 90 days) have to match the amount of hours someone works in a week with the same amount of vacation hours. Then after 2 years that have to match the hours someone works in two weeks with the same amount of vacation hours.

For example: If someone works 25 hours in one week then the company give that work 25 hours of vacation time.

Isn't that rather extreme? It would esentially mean workers would spend 50% of the time on vacation, unless I am reading it wrong?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What if we do something like this..

companies that have 50 or more people working for them have to in their first year of working at the companies (after 90 days) have to match the amount of hours someone works in a week with the same amount of vacation hours. Then after 2 years that have to match the hours someone works in two weeks with the same amount of vacation hours.

For example: If someone works 25 hours in one week then the company give that work 25 hours of vacation time.

Isn't that rather extreme? It would esentially mean workers would spend 50% of the time on vacation, unless I am reading it wrong?

You are reading it wrong. Lets say Tammy works on avg 31 hours a week. Then she would get 31 hours of vac time during her first year and 62 hours in her second year.

While Bob works 23 hours on avg per week, He would get 23 vac hours his first year and 46 his second.

Well if you had said, "with the same amount of vacation hours per year", that would have been more clear.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What if we do something like this..

companies that have 50 or more people working for them have to in their first year of working at the companies (after 90 days) have to match the amount of hours someone works in a week with the same amount of vacation hours. Then after 2 years that have to match the hours someone works in two weeks with the same amount of vacation hours.

For example: If someone works 25 hours in one week then the company give that work 25 hours of vacation time.

Isn't that rather extreme? It would esentially mean workers would spend 50% of the time on vacation, unless I am reading it wrong?

You are reading it wrong. Lets say Tammy works on avg 31 hours a week. Then she would get 31 hours of vac time during her first year and 62 hours in her second year.

While Bob works 23 hours on avg per week, He would get 23 vac hours his first year and 46 his second.

Well if you had said, "with the same amount of vacation hours per year", that would have been more clear.

I'm suck with words, that is why I don't say much haha.

So do I frankly, I just bury it in walls of text so no one will notice.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To establish federal baselines for requiring businesses to provide paid time off to employees.

Be it enacted in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Paid Time Off Act

Section 1. Definitions
1. Employers - companies that employ 50 or more employees
2. Full-time employee - employees who work a minimum of 35 hours per week.
3. Part-time employee - employees who work a maximum of 35 hours per week

Section 2. Paid Time Off
1. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide 5 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
2. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide 10 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
3. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide paid vacation time equal to the average number of hours worked per week to all part-time employees.
4. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide paid vacation time equal to two times the average number of hours worked per week to all part-time employees
3.5. Employers are permitted and encouraged to exceed these baseline requirements.
4.6. Regional governments are permitted to increase these baseline requirements in their region

Sponsor Feedback: Origination
Status: Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The amendment is adopted.


So final vote time then if concerns have been addressed as far as practical?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Indeed. I motion for a final vote.

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A final vote is now open on this legislations, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE


Senators have 24 hours to change their votes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on Final Passage of the Paid Time Off Act:

Aye (6): Comrade Funk, Devout Centrist, LouisvilleThunder, NC Yankee, OntarioProgressive and Vern1988
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (0):

With six votes in the affirmative and time having expired, the bills is passed and sent to the VP.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SENATE BILL

To establish federal baselines for requiring businesses to provide paid time off to employees.

Be it enacted in the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled,

Paid Time Off Act

Section 1. Definitions
1. Employers - companies that employ 50 or more employees
2. Full-time employee - employees who work a minimum of 35 hours per week.
3. Part-time employee - employees who work a maximum of 35 hours per week

Section 2. Paid Time Off
1. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide 5 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
2. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide 10 paid vacation days per year to all full-time employees.
3. Effective January 1, 2020, employers shall be required to provide paid vacation time equal to the average number of hours worked per week to all part-time employees.
4. Effective January 1, 2022, employers shall be required to provide paid vacation time equal to two times the average number of hours worked per week to all part-time employees
5. Employers are permitted and encouraged to exceed these baseline requirements.
6. Regional governments are permitted to increase these baseline requirements in their region

People's Regional Senate
Passed 6-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE