[GA - PASSED] Paid Leave Act

Paid Leave Act
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Labour Rights
Proposed by: Minskiev, Co-authored by: Thousand Branches | Onsite Topic​

The World Assembly,
Firmly believing that economic growth follows the economic security of workers,
Hoping to achieve both economic security and a healthy, growing populace,
Understanding that one such way to achieve these enviable ideals is through the secure introduction of paid leave and job security for workers everywhere, allowing those workers to care better for themselves and their loved ones, although remaining cautious against excessively interfering with employers' operations,
Hereby:

1. Defines for this resolution:
   1. "job security" as the assurance that one will likely remain in their job or a job with a similar salary, field of work, necessary skill set, set of employment benefits, work schedule, and work location now and for the foreseeable future;
   2. a "worker" as any individual bound by a contract of employment who works for another party as a part of said contract; and
   3. "paid leave" as time that a worker may not be required to work for their employers or any other party as part of their employment contract but during which that worker, and only that worker, still unconditionally receives from their employer the same pay, benefits, and job security as they would usually receive according to their contract.
2. Mandates that member states provide workers a minimum of the following durations of paid leave or any higher limits that the World Assembly may subsequently set for their respective conditions if their contract employs them for at least twelve weeks longer than the minimum duration of the worker's respective condition, or at least sixteen weeks in total if the paid leave has no predefined duration:
   1. the duration of a worker's illness or injury for recovery;
   2. the duration of a family member or dependent's illness or injury to care for the affected individual;
   3. two weeks per year for general purposes; and
   4. twelve weeks to care for a worker's new child, whether through childbirth, adoption, or foster care, should that child require such care from the worker.
3. Forbids member states and employers from terminating employment, reducing benefits or compensation, or disciplining any worker because they filed for paid leave, and additionally forbids employers from terminating the employment of a worker while they are on paid leave,
4. Declares that a worker must give sufficient notice to their employer if they foresee any future events, or an event has occurred where giving advance notice was implausible, if those events should induce a worker to obtain paid leave,
5. Allows any employer of a worker filing for paid leave to require that worker's first member state of citizenship to provide any financial compensation throughout that paid leave if the employer employs less than fifty workers, and
6. Restates and clarifies that:
   1. paid leave under 2a and 2b is only applicable if:
      1. for 2a, the illness or injury directly compromises the worker's or their co-workers' ability to work;
      2. for 2b, the illness or injury directly compromises the affected individual's ability to function;
      3. for both 2a and 2b, the illness or injury is reversible; if not, the leave ends after four weeks; and
      4. for 2b, no one of closer familial relations can care for that family member.
   2. paid leave under 2d ends when the worker's child no longer requires care from the worker, even if it is within the twelve allotted weeks; and
   3. employers and member states may increase the duration of paid leave beyond the minimums listed in this resolution.

Co-author: Thousand Branches

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IFV:

This is, frankly, a policy that the World Assembly should have passed long ago.

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Tinhampton:

Ineligible to vote.


...the World Assembly had a resolution on paid leave three weeks ago.

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Tinhampton:

Ineligible to vote.


...the World Assembly had a resolution on paid leave three weeks ago.

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