“good job, very good for us”
Employment Standards And Worker Rights Act of 2024
Rationale
Balances flexibility and worker protections while reducing costs on businesses during economic uncertainty.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Maximum Working Hours |
Mandatory four-day work week (28 hours maximum)
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40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls
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| 2 | Minimum Wage Policy |
High living wage
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Basic minimum wage
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| 3 | Price-Gouging Regulation |
Temporary price caps on essentials in declared emergencies
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Sellers must justify large price rises publicly; no caps
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| 4 | Right to Disconnect |
Legal right to ignore out-of-hours contact
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Non-binding code of practice on out-of-hours contact
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| 5 | Worker Representation on Company Boards |
No requirement; boards are the shareholders' business
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Workers elect a third of board seats at large firms
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Maximum Working Hours2
Minimum Wage Policy3
Price-Gouging Regulation4
Right to Disconnect5
Worker Representation on Company BoardsProposer
Party
Alliance
The Alliance champions free enterprise as the engine of progress where liberty fuels ambition and diplomacy paves the road to stability
Core pillars
Gabriela Castillo
Minister of Finance · Age 34
Once a fiery student protester, Gabriela now sharpens her radical vision with cold economic analysis, crafting impassioned arguments behind closed doors where her commanding voice echoes most.
Timeline
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Draft25 December 2024
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Vote Open25 December 2024
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Vote Closes23 February 2025
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Became LawNot completed yet
Vote tally
Currently passingLive tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
Senado
PassingFor: 155 / 266 seats (58.3%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 111
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Proposer | 97 | Yes | No reason given |
| Costavela Democratic Union | 0 | Not voted | |
| Costavela Workers' Front | 12 | Not voted | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Union | 45 | Not voted | |
| Solidarity Alliance | 0 | Not voted | |
| Youth Of Costa | 58 | Yes | good job, very good for us |
| Empty seats | 54 | Not voted |
Congress of Deputies
PassingFor: 198 / 350 seats (56.6%)
Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 152
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Proposer | 110 | Yes | No reason given |
| Costavela Workers' Front | 79 | Not voted | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Union | 73 | Not voted | |
| Youth Of Costa | 88 | Yes | good job, very good for us |