Legislative Bill · Broadlands
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Worker Empowerment And Rights Act of 2024

Failing
passing in 0 of 2 chambers
Opened
22 Jul 2024
Voting closes
20 Sep 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
5 changes

Rationale

These changes end corporate exploitation by ensuring safety, stability, and worker control, cutting preventable harm and inequality while boosting public health and economic fairness.

Proposed Changes

1

Workplace Safety
Previous law
Statutory safety standards enforced by a labour inspectorate
Zero tolerance: employers criminally liable for any preventable death or injury

2

Zero-Hour & On-Call Contracts
Previous law
Permitted with minimum notice and pay for cancelled shifts
Ban all unstable employment contracts

3

Severance & Redundancy Pay
Previous law
Statutory severance for long-serving staff
Job for life: dismissal only for gross misconduct

4

Trade Union Rights
Previous law
Full collective bargaining and strike rights
All enterprises must be majority worker-owned cooperatives

5

Worker Representation on Company Boards
Previous law
No requirement; boards are the shareholders' business
Majority worker representation on company boards

Timeline

  • Draft
    22 July 2024


  • Vote Open
    22 July 2024


  • Vote Closed
    20 September 2024


  • Did Not Become Law
    20 September 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Failed
135Yes 278No 22Not voted 435 seats

For: 135 / 435 seats (31.0%)

Against: 278 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 22

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 32.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Green Social Union 40 Yes
Homeland Union 103 No
Pax Americana 86 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer 95 Yes
Progressive Reform 89 No

Senate

Failed
27Yes 67No 6Not voted 100 seats

For: 27 / 100 seats (27.0%)

Against: 67 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 28.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Green Social Union 14 Yes
Homeland Union 23 No
Pax Americana 29 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front Proposer 13 Yes
Progressive Reform 15 No
Empty seats 6 Not voted

Presidency

Passed
1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

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

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Bernard Blake Proposer 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Green Social Union
Voted July 25, 2024
Yes

“While the GSU does not support jobs for life or the gutting of on-call contracts, the GSU stands in solidarity with the PRCF and the workers.”

Pax Americana
Voted July 22, 2024
No

“these proposals would make Broadlands super uncompetitive”

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