Legislative Bill · Ludenholm
Passed

Improved Workers' RIghts Act of 2024

Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
2 Sep 2024
Voting closes
1 Nov 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
5 changes

Rationale

Businesses owe workers good pay, good conditions and a good, stable job. Failure to do this should result in fines and punishment.

Proposed Changes

1

Right to Disconnect
Previous law
No specific right; contracts decide
Legal right to ignore out-of-hours contact

2

Maximum Working Hours
Previous law
40-hour weekly maximum with overtime controls
35-hour weekly maximum

3

Paid Annual Leave
Previous law
~4 weeks statutory paid leave
6+ weeks statutory paid leave

4

Severance & Redundancy Pay
Previous law
Statutory severance for long-serving staff
Generous severance scaled to years of service, plus a mandatory retraining offer

5

Zero-Hour & On-Call Contracts
Previous law
Permitted with minimum notice and pay for cancelled shifts
Right to request fixed hours after 12 weeks, plus an on-call pay premium

Timeline

  • Draft
    2 September 2024


  • Vote Open
    2 September 2024


  • Vote Closed
    1 November 2024


  • Became Law
    1 November 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Statenhaus

Passed
144Yes 0No 43Not voted 187 seats

For: 144 / 187 seats (77.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 43

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Communist Movement 62 Yes
Ludenholm Progressive People's Alliance Proposer 39 Yes
The People's Socialist Front 43 Yes
Empty seats 43 Not voted

Riksdag

Passed
1064Yes 0No 13Not voted 1077 seats

For: 1064 / 1077 seats (98.8%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Communist Movement 380 Yes
Ludenholm Progressive People's Alliance Proposer 290 Yes
The People's Socialist Front 394 Yes
Empty seats 13 Not voted

President

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
Stewart Smith 1 Yes

Voting record

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

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