Mandatory work-for-benefits ensures public funds support active participation, reducing welfare dependency while boosting productivity and social contribution.
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
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| 1 | Welfare Conditionality |
Light conditions, few sanctions
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Mandatory work-for-benefits
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Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
For: 5 / 35 seats (14.3%)
Against: 11 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 19
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Better Fjordheim | 11 | No | We support encouraging employment and reducing dependency, but mandatory work-for-benefits goes too far. Welfare should promote work and training while protecting people who cannot reasonably work because of illness, disability, caregiving, or lack of opportunity. |
| ASTER | 0 | No | Making basic support conditional on forced labor doesn't reduce dependency — it adds a fitness test to dignity itself. People end up needing support for reasons no amount of compelled work fixes: illness, caregiving, a town where the jobs simply aren't there. ASTER believes help should exist because someone needs it, not because they've proven themselves productive enough to deserve it. We would support real investment in training and opportunity. We cannot support treating basic benefits as something owed only in exchange for compulsion. ASTER votes No. |
| Democratic Liberal Platform Proposer | 5 | Yes | No reason given |
| Movement For Socialism | 0 | No | We reject this proposal |
| Socialist Union Of Workers | 0 | No | Everyone should work, but this will hit the wrong group and will not make it easier to get a job. |
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“Everyone should work, but this will hit the wrong group and will not make it easier to get a job.”
“We support encouraging employment and reducing dependency, but mandatory work-for-benefits goes too far. Welfare should promote work and training while protecting people who cannot reasonably work because of illness, disability, caregiving, or lack of opportunity.”
“Making basic support conditional on forced labor doesn't reduce dependency — it adds a fitness test to dignity itself. People end up needing support for reasons no amount of compelled work fixes: illness, caregiving, a town where the jobs simply aren't there. ASTER believes help should exist because someone needs it, not because they've proven themselves productive enough to deserve it. We would support real investment in training and opportunity. We cannot support treating basic benefits as something owed only in exchange for compulsion. ASTER votes No.”
“We reject this proposal”