Wage Standards Reform Act of 2022 - Marianne

Rationale

Updating the minimum wage to a high living wage ensures workers can afford basic needs, reducing poverty and boosting local economies.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Minimum Wage Policy	Basic minimum wage		High living wage

1

Minimum Wage Policy

Previous law

Basic minimum wage

High living wage

Proposer

Party

The Left

A party of the people for the people. Strong hands build strong walls. No one left behind.

Core pillars

AF

Antoine Fournier

Presidency · Age 48

355,202 social followers

Born into old money, his natural magnetism and sharp strategic mind positioned him as a rising star, though his privileged background occasionally clashed with his party’s populist rhetoric.

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Timeline

Draft

22 June 2022
Vote Open

22 June 2022
Vote Closed

21 August 2022
Did Not Become Law

21 August 2022

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed

119Yes 181No 48Not voted 348 seats

For: 119 / 348 seats (34.2%)

Against: 181 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 48

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 39.7%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
The Left Proposer	119	Yes	No reason given
The Marianne Liberty Alliance	38	No	The current standard is viable, especially with our high unemployment, we simply cannot afford this now without increase the amount without jobs.
The National Refoundation Front	93	No	This left-wing bill is a demagogic measure that will destroy small businesses and wreck employment for the most vulnerable. By imposing an exorbitant minimum wage completely disconnected from economic realities, this text stifles the competitiveness of our companies and dooms youth and the unskilled to mass unemployment. Trying to solve poverty by bureaucratic decree is to profoundly ignore the most basic laws of economics. Instead of boosting activity, this dogmatic policy penalizes effort, increases burdens, and plunges our productive fabric into a dead end. It is an employment-destroying machine under the guise of good intentions. We vote no!
The Social-Democrats	0	Yes	We agree with this suggestion.
The United Conservatives	50	No	This will cause layoffs due to companies not being able to afford the high minimum wages, as of now, the minimum wage is supposed to provide a foothold for people to transition to higher, full-time jobs. Wages should be dictated on how scarce that specific skillset is, not the government telling companies what to do.

National Assembly

Failed

150Yes 317No 110Not voted 577 seats

For: 150 / 577 seats (26.0%)

Against: 317 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 110

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 32.1%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
The Left Proposer	133	Yes	No reason given
The Marianne Liberty Alliance	92	No	The current standard is viable, especially with our high unemployment, we simply cannot afford this now without increase the amount without jobs.
The National Refoundation Front	126	No	This left-wing bill is a demagogic measure that will destroy small businesses and wreck employment for the most vulnerable. By imposing an exorbitant minimum wage completely disconnected from economic realities, this text stifles the competitiveness of our companies and dooms youth and the unskilled to mass unemployment. Trying to solve poverty by bureaucratic decree is to profoundly ignore the most basic laws of economics. Instead of boosting activity, this dogmatic policy penalizes effort, increases burdens, and plunges our productive fabric into a dead end. It is an employment-destroying machine under the guise of good intentions. We vote no!
The Social-Democrats	17	Yes	We agree with this suggestion.
The United Conservatives	99	No	This will cause layoffs due to companies not being able to afford the high minimum wages, as of now, the minimum wage is supposed to provide a foothold for people to transition to higher, full-time jobs. Wages should be dictated on how scarce that specific skillset is, not the government telling companies what to do.

Presidency

Failed

0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

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

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

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
The Marianne Liberty Alliance	1	No	No reason given

Voting record

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

The National Refoundation Front

Voted July 20, 2022

No

“This left-wing bill is a demagogic measure that will destroy small businesses and wreck employment for the most vulnerable. By imposing an exorbitant minimum wage completely disconnected from economic realities, this text stifles the competitiveness of our companies and dooms youth and the unskilled to mass unemployment. Trying to solve poverty by bureaucratic decree is to profoundly ignore the most basic laws of economics. Instead of boosting activity, this dogmatic policy penalizes effort, increases burdens, and plunges our productive fabric into a dead end. It is an employment-destroying machine under the guise of good intentions. We vote no!”

The United Conservatives

Voted June 30, 2022

No

“This will cause layoffs due to companies not being able to afford the high minimum wages, as of now, the minimum wage is supposed to provide a foothold for people to transition to higher, full-time jobs. Wages should be dictated on how scarce that specific skillset is, not the government telling companies what to do.”

The Social-Democrats

Voted June 23, 2022

Yes

“We agree with this suggestion.”

The Marianne Liberty Alliance

Voted June 23, 2022

No

“The current standard is viable, especially with our high unemployment, we simply cannot afford this now without increase the amount without jobs.”