SB 108-05: 32 Hour Workweek Act (Passed)

[WD]

AN ACT
To establish a 32 hour workweek

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This act may be cited as the 32 Hour Workweek Act.

Section 2

1. No employee shall be required to work more than thirty-two hours a week.

2. Any employee who should voluntarily work more than thirty-two hours in a given a week shall be compensated at 120% of their regular hourly salary for every hour they work after the thirty-second.

Sponsor: Western Democrat

The gentleman from Oregon is recognized

[WD]

As it says in it’s name, this bill will provide for a 32 hour workweek. This is based upon a law already in effect in my native Fremont, and to great success. This will boost productivity and provide much needed relief to our workers.

[West_Midlander]

AN ACT
To establish a 32 hour workweek

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This act may be cited as the 32 Hour Workweek Act.

Section 2

1. No employee shall be required to work more than thirty-two hours a week.

2.1. Any employee who should voluntarily work more than thirty-two hours in a given a week shall be compensated at 120% of their regular hourly salary for every hour they work after the thirty-second.

2. Businesses with less than two hundred employees will be allowed to operate under a regular forty-hour work week and overtime will be paid at 120% of regular hourly salary after forty hours.

Proposing the following amendment because I think the legislation as written will be very hard on small businesses.

[Mr. Reactionary]

73.3 Million hourly workers
92% hourly work 40 hours or more (67.436 Million)
$29.93 (1/21) avg private salary
1.2x Pay for 8 hours x 50 weeks (400)


(29.93 x (8x50)) x (73.3Mill x .92) = 807,343,792,000

 x 1.2 = 968,812,550,400

$968,812,550,400 -
$807,343,792,000
=
$161,468,758,400 more in the cost of inputs/prices for the poor and middle class resulting from this bill.

So in other words this is an irresponsible inflation bill that will make prices go up, supplies go down, and attempts to offshore jobs increase. Plus a contraction of GDP and a ton of over difficulties.

[WD]

Objecting to the amendment.

[WD]

A vote is now open on the above amendment. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Aye

[If my soul was made of stone]

NAY

[Left Wing]

Nay

[WD]

Nay

[Continential]

Aye

[Deep Dixieland Senator, Muad'dib (OSR MSR)]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[S019]

NAY

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Nay, and thinking about it, I'm uncertain if small business would be hurt by the amendment or not. Wouldn't employees prefer to go into work at an establishment not exempt? That'd probably hurt small business more. I could maybe support an exception with a phase-out to soften any blow but not an overly long phase-out period.

[Saint Milei]

aye

[Joseph Cao]

Aye.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Nay

[Former President tack50]

Nay

[beesley]

Nay

[Kuumo]

Nay

[Pedocon Theory is not a theory]

Nay on WM's dumb amendment. Go suck an egg.

Here's a real amendment. Dumb amendments by Federalists must be punished with better amendments.

I am a generous and forgiving person, so I have included the federalist amendment as part of this one.

AN ACT
To establish a 32 hour workweek

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia assembled

Section 1. Title

1. This act may be cited as the 32 Hour Workweek Act.

Section 2

1. No employee shall be required to work more than thirty-two hours a week.

2. Any employee who voluntarily works more than thirty-two hours in a given a week shall be compensated at 120 160% of their regular hourly salary for every hour they work after the thirty-second.

3. Businesses with less than two hundred employees will be allowed to operate under a thirty-two hour work week and overtime will be paid at 159.9999999...% of regular hourly salary after thirty-two hours.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Aye

I am not too thrilled with the bill though as a concept.

[WD]

On the amendment:

Aye (7): Mr. R, Ishan, Muad’dib, West Midlander, DeadPrez, Joseph Cao, North Carolina Yankee


Nay (10): Discolovante, FalterinArc, Western Democrat, S019, WeatherBoy, Crane, Tack, Beesley, Kuumo, CalamityBlue

Not voting (1): Old School Republican


The amendment is rejected, debate resumes

[WD]

24 hours to object to Calamity’s amendment