SENATE BILL: Holiday Work Act (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Holiday Work Act

SENATE BILL

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,

SECTION I

1. All Atlasian businesses employing more than 50 people are required to pay their waged workers 1.5 times the normal amount for working on any Atlasian federal holiday, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day, on which they are required to pay workers double.

Sponsor: MB
Senate Designation: SB22:19

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The sponsor has 24 hours to commence an advocacy for this bill and all other members have 48 hours to respond!

[Dr. MB]

Holidays should be a day to spend time with friends and family and enjoy life, but some people unfortunately have to go to work on these days. This bill would give them fair compensation for their labor.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

As someone who works retail, I fully support this.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Other four members have anything to say?

[Former President tack50]

Not sure what the current standards are for holiday pay, but it should indeed be paid extra. I guess given Yankee's support as a RL retail emplpyee I will support it.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Not sure what the current standards are for holiday pay, but it should indeed be paid extra. I guess given Yankee's support as a RL retail emplpyee I will support it.

There is no standard. IT varies by state.

We get a one time extra 15% discount for working Thanksgiving that has to be used on two select days, usually in early December and they are usually days we have to work. They recently changed this so now if you call out any day around Thanksgiving you lose this discount.

For Christmas, they are close and they used to give 8 hours of holiday pay for working your last scheduled shift before and first scheduled shift afterwards. But we no longer get "holiday" pay. Instead, eight hours (or a prorated amount if you are not full time) will be automatically deducted from your pool of paid time off and that is only if you have enough in there to cover it. Otherwise you are SOL.

[Pyro]

I support this bill as it will clearly assist workers receive holiday pay, however I would also support some sort of means to mandate that non-essential businesses be closed on holidays like Christmas Day and Thanksgiving if such a thing is viable.

[Dr. MB]

I'll motion for a final vote.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I'll motion for a final vote.

Senators have 24 hours to object.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A final vote is now open on this legislation, Senators please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Former President tack50]

Aye

[Devout Centrist]

Aye

[Pyro]

Aye

[Dr. MB]

Aye

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Vote on final passage of the Holiday Work Act:

Aye (5): Devout Centrist, MB, NC Yankee, Tack and Pyro
Nay (0):
Abstain (0):

Didn't Vote (1): Ontario Progressive


This bill has passed the Senate and is sent to the VP.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Holiday Work Act

SENATE BILL

Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Republic of Atlasia in Congress assembled,

SECTION I

1. All Atlasian businesses employing more than 50 people are required to pay their waged workers 1.5 times the normal amount for working on any Atlasian federal holiday, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day, on which they are required to pay workers double.

People's Regional Senate
Passed 5-0 in the Atlasian Senate Assembled,