SENATE BILL: Long-term Unemployment Relief Act (Law'd)

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I should have checked this earlier, but this amendment vote is illegal and must be stopped at once.

What amendment vote?  I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about :/

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Status: Objection filed by Senator Alfred. A vote is now open on the above Amendment.  Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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Vote on Amendment 60:38 by shua:

Aye (4): shua, Yankee, Lumine, and DC Al Fine
Nay (5): bore, Talleyrand, Alfred, Tyrion, and TNF
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1):  Goldwater

The amendment has been rejected.

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Man this one really pushing up against my night time activities at ten. Cincy might have to handle starting this.

Hold off on your night time activities until we actually pass the Public Intoxication bill.  I'm telling you, if I have to bail you or Duke out one more time..

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Status:   A vote is now open on the above Amendment.  Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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4. Section 1 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2013 is repealed.

5. Section 4 of The Productivity Equalization and Worker Employment Act of 2011 is amended to read:

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2. The minimum wage for tipped employees shall, upon the passage of this legislation, automatically adjust for increases in worker productivity and inflation at the same rate as does the regular federal minimum wage. The previous chart shall not be construed to deny a minimum wage adjustment based on inflation or increases in productivity to any employee.

3. The scaled increase to the minimum wage for tipped employees, as noted in Section 1 shall expire on January 1, 2020 and the tipped minimum wage shall, at that point, be equalized to the regular federal minimum wage. There shall, from January 1, 2020, be no difference in the federal minimum wage for tipped and other employees.

4. From the period between January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2020, tipped employees may 'opt-out' of the compensation adjustment for tipped employees. In doing so, tipped employees shall be paid the previous federal minimum wage for tipped employees until the next scheduled increase, at which point they will be once again asked whether or not to 'opt-out' of it.
   4a. Tipped employees having opted out of the compensation adjustment schedule shall be paid a gratuity of 20 percent automatically charged on all purchases by any employer employing tipped employees foregoing the compensation adjustment schedule.
   4b. Effective January 1, 2020, the opt-out provision of this law and the automatic gratuity charge shall be terminated and all employees currently paid in tips instead paid the federal minimum wage.
   4c. Employers may not be deny the right of employees to opt in or out of a tipped compensation program. Denying a worker such a right is punishable by law and may result in the loss of one’s business license and/or a fine of up to $25,000 per denied employee.
   4d. Employers and employees must indicate the form of compensation on tax documents from any jurisdiction. All jurisdictions must recognize both forms of compensation for currently tipped employees.

5. Restaurants shall not charge a service charge exceeding 15% on services rendered by employees who have opted in to the compensation adjustment program.
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Status:  Objection filed by TNF.  A vote is now open on the above Amendment.  Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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I fully intend to vote against this amendment if it comes down to a tie.  If that influences any votes to allow Duke and I to rewrite this amendment sooner, so be it.

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NAY. 

The President and I will submit an amendment shortly.

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Status: Objection filed by TNF.   A vote is now open on the above Amendment.  Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

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NAY

Duke signed off on the original numbers. I'm not sure why we should change them now, given they've yet to take affect.

Wouldn't that be the logical time to change it?..

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Vote on Amendment 60:77 by shua:

Aye (7): Talleyrand, Goldwater, Tyrion, shua, Alfred, Yankee, and bore
Nay (1): TNF
Abstain (1):

Didn't Vote (2): DC al Fine, and Lumine

The amendment has been adopted.

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If the administration does not have their proposal ready, it may make more sense to deal with the minimum wage issue in a separate bill.  I'd like to go ahead and get this one passed.

The administration has a proposal, however, it doesn't make sense to bring it forward until Yankee's amendment is considered.

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4. Section 1, clauses 3-6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2013 are repealed with the remaining clauses renumbered accordingly.

4 5. It shall be the policy of the Atlasian Federal Government and all its agencies that any gap(s) in an applicant's employment shall not in itself be considered a basis for disqualification or nonconsideration for employment or contract
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Status: Objection filed by Senator TNF.  A vote is now open on the aforementioned amendment.  Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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4. Section 1, clauses 3-6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2013 are repealed with the remaining clauses renumbered accordingly.

5. Section 4 of The Productivity Equalization and Worker Employment Act of 2011 is amended as follows:

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2. The minimum wage for tipped employees shall, upon the passage of this legislation, automatically adjust for increases in worker productivity and inflation at the same rate as does the regular federal minimum wage. The previous chart shall not be construed to deny a minimum wage adjustment based on inflation or increases in productivity to any employee.

3. The scaled increase to the minimum wage for tipped employees, as noted in Section 1 shall expire on January 1, 20202018 and the tipped minimum wage shall, at that point, be equalized to the regular federal minimum wage. There shall, from January 1, 20202018, be no difference in the federal minimum wage for tipped and other employees.

4. From the period between January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2020, tipped employees may 'opt-out' of the compensation adjustment for tipped employees. In doing so, tipped employees shall be paid the previous federal minimum wage for tipped employees until the next scheduled increase, at which point they will be once again asked whether or not to 'opt-out' of it.
   4a. Tipped employees having opted out of the compensation adjustment schedule shall be paid a gratuity of 20 percent automatically charged on all purchases by any employer employing tipped employees foregoing the compensation adjustment schedule.
   4b. Effective January 1, 2020, the opt-out provision of this law and the automatic gratuity charge shall be terminated and all employees currently paid in tips instead paid the federal minimum wage.
   4c. Employers may not be deny the right of employees to opt in or out of a tipped compensation program. Denying a worker such a right is punishable by law and may result in the loss of one’s business license and/or a fine of up to $25,000 per denied employee.
   4d. Employers and employees must indicate the form of compensation on tax documents from any jurisdiction. All jurisdictions must recognize both forms of compensation for currently tipped employees.

5. Restaurants shall not charge a service charge exceeding 15% on services rendered by employees who have opted in to the compensation adjustment program.
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5.6. It shall be the policy of the Atlasian Federal Government and all its agencies that any gap(s) in an applicant's employment shall not in itself be considered a basis for disqualification or nonconsideration for employment or contract
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Status:   Senators, a vote is now open on the aforementioned amendment.  Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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Current vote is 4-4 and ends this evening.

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4. Section 1, clauses 3-6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2013 are repealed with the remaining clauses renumbered accordingly.

5. It shall be the policy of the Atlasian Federal Government and all its agencies that any gap(s) in an applicant's employment shall not in itself be considered a basis for disqualification or nonconsideration for employment or contract


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A vote is now open on the aforementioned text.  Senators, please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

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This is tied with three days left.

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Aye.

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4. Section 1, clauses 3-6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 2013 are repealed with the remaining clauses renumbered accordingly.

5. It shall be the policy of the Atlasian Federal Government and all its agencies that any gap(s) in an applicant's employment shall not in itself be considered a basis for disqualification or nonconsideration for employment or contract


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Oh, the reversal (and the fact that our dear President seems to have overlooked one of the main components of a bill he signed) are but a small part of my and TNF's objection to the bill. We can debate the minimum wage vs. basic income all day (and I'm still not entirely sure what the levels of cash-money Nixcome provides are and how much they help people escape poverty), but I'm going to stand with the working class here.

You know there are ways to find that out.

That would involve research, dear Yankee.  Surely we have little time for things such as spending thirty seconds to do a wiki search..