Northeast Assembly Legislation Introduction Thread

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Private Sector Jobs Tenure Act:

1.   Companies are required to offer tenure to their employees who are with the employer longer than 3 years.
     a.   Companies with an annual turnover less than 1 million dollars are exempt from this requirement.
     b.   Companies offering mostly seasonal work are also exempt.
     c.   The government of the Northeast has the requirement except for political positions.
2.   Tenure is understood to be a contract on a permanent base. No new contract needs to be offered after the contract is signed.
     a.   An employer has the right to offer an employee a new contract, but the employee has the right to disregard the offer without having to fear for his or her job.
3.   Companies can offer new employees (up to 2 years) contracts of six months, one year, two years or tenure.
     a.   Companies have the right offer any employee contracts up to two and half year. After this period the employer has the right to dismiss the employee without compensation.
4.   Employees have the right to reject the offer and keep their job on temporary contracts. The employer is in this case not required to make the offer a second time.
5.   Companies are encourage to offer tenure to their employees by the government by lowering the employment tax with up to 0,5%.
6.   Employees are entitled to compensation after dismissal as designed in the Employees Fair Treatment Act and the Company Cutbacks Protection Act.
7.   Companies have the right ask the courts for an exempt status. The courts can give exempt status to all companies. The ruling can be subject of appeal when challenged in court by a different party.

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New Northeast Minimum Wage Act:

1.   The hourly minimum wage in the Northeast is $6.75. This wage will be raised to $7.50 an hour.
     a.   Companies with an annual turnover less than $ 1 million are required to pay a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
     b.   The Northeast government is also required to pay a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
2.   The new minimum wage will go in effect on September 1st, 2013.

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