Pro-Innovation Labour Market Reform of 2019 - Velinor

Rationale

These changes accelerate innovation, boost productivity, and reduce inequality while prioritising public welfare through fairer work, cleaner transport, and cleaner politics.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	AI Development & Safety	Balanced oversight	No restrictions; accelerate AI
2	Automation & the Workforce	Market-led automation	Actively incentivise automation
3	Gig Economy & Platform Workers	Gig platforms banned; all work must be traditional employment contracts	Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)
4	Public Transport Policy	Mixed transport with subsidized public transit	Public transport priority (car restrictions in city centres; free transit)
5	Lobbying & Political Donations	Disclosure rules, few limits	Strict caps and a public lobbying register

1

AI Development & Safety

Previous law

Balanced oversight

No restrictions; accelerate AI

2

Automation & the Workforce

Previous law

Market-led automation

Actively incentivise automation

3

Gig Economy & Platform Workers

Previous law

Gig platforms banned; all work must be traditional employment contracts

Gig workers classified as employees with full rights (sick pay, holiday, pensions)

4

Public Transport Policy

Previous law

Mixed transport with subsidized public transit

Public transport priority (car restrictions in city centres; free transit)

5

Lobbying & Political Donations

Previous law

Disclosure rules, few limits

Strict caps and a public lobbying register

Timeline

Draft

1 October 2019
Vote Open

1 October 2019
Vote Closed

30 November 2019
Did Not Become Law

30 November 2019

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

The Grand Assembly

Passed

222Yes 50No 88Not voted 360 seats

For: 222 / 360 seats (61.7%)

Against: 50 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 88

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 81.6%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Civic League Of Velinor	50	No	The AI subsidies and incentives featured in Article 1 & 2 will do nothing but reduce the amount of jabs for the actual average citizens and lead our Nation & it's people into a highly uncertain future.
Libertarian Left	0	Abstain	No reason given
Progressive Populist Alliance Proposer	124	Yes	No reason given
Social Democratic Alliance	98	Yes	We strongly agree with the last 3 articles and fo not disagree with the first 2
Tomaten Tamys Tolle Partei	0	Abstain	No reason given

The Upper Council

Passed

106Yes 5No 39Not voted 150 seats

For: 106 / 150 seats (70.7%)

Against: 5 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 39

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 95.5%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Civic League Of Velinor	5	No	The AI subsidies and incentives featured in Article 1 & 2 will do nothing but reduce the amount of jabs for the actual average citizens and lead our Nation & it's people into a highly uncertain future.
Libertarian Left	0	Abstain	No reason given
Progressive Populist Alliance Proposer	53	Yes	No reason given
Social Democratic Alliance	53	Yes	We strongly agree with the last 3 articles and fo not disagree with the first 2
Tomaten Tamys Tolle Partei	0	Abstain	No reason given
Empty seats	57	Not voted

President

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
Civic League Of Velinor	1	No	No reason given

Voting record

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

Libertarian Left

Voted Nov. 1, 2019

Abstain

Civic League Of Velinor

Voted Oct. 29, 2019

No

“The AI subsidies and incentives featured in Article 1 & 2 will do nothing but reduce the amount of jabs for the actual average citizens and lead our Nation & it's people into a highly uncertain future.”

Tomaten Tamys Tolle Partei

Voted Oct. 5, 2019

Abstain

Social Democratic Alliance

Voted Oct. 1, 2019

Yes

“We strongly agree with the last 3 articles and fo not disagree with the first 2”