[GA -PASSED] Protected Working Leave

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Protected Working Leave
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Labour Rights
Proposed by: Cretox State | Onsite Topic

The World Assembly,

Understanding the importance of an economically and socially secure working class to long-term economic growth,

Believing that said security does not need to be mutually exclusive with the decision to raise a family or the need to maintain good health, and

Wishing to ensure that working people in all member nations have access to paid leave and job security in order to care for themselves and their loved ones, without unduly disrupting the operations of their employers, hereby:
  1. Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
    1. a "worker" as any individual bound by a contract to perform work or services for an employer, whose employment contract mandates the work or services be performed specifically by that worker, involves an obligation for the worker to perform work and the employer to provide it, and implies the employer having some degree of control over the manner in which the work is performed; and
    2. "paid leave" as time during which a worker is not required to perform the work or services specified in their employment contract and receives:
      1. compensation sufficient to financially support themselves and their dependents, to be provided by the government of a member nation;
      2. all employment-related benefits which would otherwise be provided to that worker, to be provided by their employer; and
      3. the guaranteed ability to return to the same or a comparable job after the conclusion of paid leave, should their employer reasonably be able to provide such;
  2. Declares that member nations must provide workers who request such with a reasonable duration of paid leave to the extent necessary to adequately service any of the following conditions:
    1. to care for a new child due to childbirth, adoption, or placement of said child in foster care should the child require such care;
    2. to care for a seriously ill or physically or mentally disabled spouse, child below the age of majority, parent, grandparent, or dependent should they require such care; or
    3. to recover from their own serious illness;
  3. Forbids employers from discriminating or retaliating against workers for requesting or taking paid leave pursuant to section 2 of this resolution; such retaliation including:
    1. not returning said workers to the same or a comparable job;
    2. terminating employment;
    3. reducing compensation or benefits; or
    4. disciplining said workers;
  4. Requires that workers:
    1. give their employer reasonable notice in the event of a foreseeable birth or adoption; and
    2. alert their employer of serious health conditions that are the reason for their requesting paid leave if practicable;
  5. Clarifies that:
    1. employers may not impose unnecessarily onerous conditions on the granting of paid leave;
    2. any additional conditions by an employer on the granting of paid leave are to be implemented and enforced at the employer's expense;
    3. member nations may place the burden of providing financial compensation to workers over the duration of paid leave on said workers' employer should the employer be capable of providing such without significant financial strain; and
    4. employers, member nations, and World Assembly resolutions may implement policies granting workers more expansive paid leave than provided for by this resolution.
Note: Only votes from TNP WA nations and NPA personnel will be counted. If you do not meet these requirements, please add (non-WA) or something of that effect to your vote.
Voting Instructions:
  • Vote For if you want the Delegate to vote For the resolution.
  • Vote Against if you want the Delegate to vote Against the resolution.
  • Vote Abstain if you want the Delegate to abstain from voting on this resolution.
  • Vote Present if you are personally abstaining from this vote.
Detailed opinions with your vote are appreciated and encouraged!

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Protected Working Leave was passed 12,324 votes to 2,954 (80.7% support).
 
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IFV - For

Overview
This proposal aims to complement existing WA law in ensuring that working people in member nations have access to adequate social safety nets. The specific focus of this proposal is paid leave- for parental, medical, and caretaking purposes. The proposal strengthens its mandates to this end by prohibiting retaliation over the taking of leave or the imposition of undue conditions on the granting of such leave.

Recommendation
A fairly uninteresting if effective proposal, "Protected Working Leave" combines solid mandates with reasonable flexibility to ensure that workers in member nations have access to paid leave sufficient to continue to support themselves in times of financial crisis. This primary policy goal is complemented by ancillary clauses providing for protection from retaliation and preventing small businesses from having undue costs imposed upon them.

For these reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends voting For the at-vote General Assembly proposal, "Protected Working Leave".
 
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Against

Reason:

According to the definition of a worker in the resolution, people who engage in part-time work, freelancing, or contractual work on a weekly basis would need to be provided paid working leave. Given these are often short jobs that provide additional income source for many aside from a full-time job, employees don't need paid leave from 2 employers. Additionally, gig and part-time work act as some employment sources in times of reccession for the unemployed especially in countries with no unemployment insurance. Employers would eliminate these jobs as soon as possible with automation and workplace optimisations rather than bear paid working leave burdens. This would worsen the situation for workers.
 
According to the definition of a worker in the resolution, people who engage in part-time work, freelancing, or contractual work on a weekly basis would need to be provided paid working leave. Given these are often short jobs that provide additional income source for many aside from a full-time job, employees don't need paid leave from 2 employers. Additionally, gig and part-time work act as some employment sources in times of reccession for the unemployed especially in countries with no unemployment insurance. Employers would eliminate these jobs as soon as possible with automation and workplace optimisations rather than bear paid working leave burdens. This would worsen the situation for workers.
I've seen this misconception in other places, and I'll try to clear it up. Gig, freelance, and other workers aren't covered by this, see: "implies the employer having some degree of control over the manner in which the work is performed." This is the common-law test, and is used to differentiate between standard employees and the types of short-term workers you mention by agencies such as the US IRS.

But GREAT countries like the US don't have any of those? I don't really know if that's really need conventional or not, unlike what you mentioned above.
I'm... not too certain what you mean lol. Could you elaborate a bit?
 
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