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Fair Workweek Standards Act of …

Legislative Bill · Bessarion

Fair Workweek Standards Act of 2022

Proposed by Bessarian Social Democrats · fronted by Elizabeth Chambers

Opened

19 Jul 2022

Voting closes

17 Sep 2022

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

1 change

Rationale

Reducing the weekly maximum to 40 hours with overtime controls protects worker health and boosts productivity through better work-life balance.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Maximum Working Hours	48-hour weekly maximum		40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls

1

Maximum Working Hours

Previous law

48-hour weekly maximum

40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls

Proposer

Party

Bessarian Social Democrats

The Bessarian Social Democrats stand with workers, families and the vulnerable. We build bridges not walls and light the way to justice through shared wealth

Core pillars

Elizabeth Chambers

Activist · Age 39

44,230 social followers

A Cambridge-trained economist who wrote her doctoral thesis on universal basic income, Elizabeth Chambers turned her sharp analytical mind into fiery public arguments that have radicalised a generation of voters with her data-driven calls for systemic overhaul.

🎓 Academic 🔬 Analytical ✨ Charismatic 📺 Media Savvy 🔥 Firebrand

Timeline

Draft

19 July 2022
Vote Open

19 July 2022
Vote Closed

17 September 2022
Did Not Become Law

17 September 2022

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Deliberation

Failed

0Yes 0No 375Not voted 375 seats

For: 0 / 375 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 375

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Vote	Reason
Bessarian Social Democrats Proposer	Yes	No reason given
Conservative People's Pact	No	Lowering the number of hours one may work at market rate is anti-competitive and yet another example of socialist meddling in the free market.
Union Of The Socialist Majority	Yes	Lowering working hours is not only good for the health of the worker, it even has reasons as to why a capitalist may support it. It increases productivity - since that's all a capitalist country cares about.

House of Consultation

Failed

0Yes 0No 130Not voted 130 seats

For: 0 / 130 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 130

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Bessarian Social Democrats Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Conservative People's Pact	0	No	Lowering the number of hours one may work at market rate is anti-competitive and yet another example of socialist meddling in the free market.
Union Of The Socialist Majority	0	Yes	Lowering working hours is not only good for the health of the worker, it even has reasons as to why a capitalist may support it. It increases productivity - since that's all a capitalist country cares about.
Empty seats	43	Not voted

Union President

Passed

0Yes 0No 1Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 1

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Union Of The Socialist Majority

Voted July 26, 2022

Yes

“Lowering working hours is not only good for the health of the worker, it even has reasons as to why a capitalist may support it. It increases productivity - since that's all a capitalist country cares about.”

Conservative People's Pact

Voted July 19, 2022

“Lowering the number of hours one may work at market rate is anti-competitive and yet another example of socialist meddling in the free market.”